So you may be asking yourself "what in the world is that a picture of?" Well I'm glad you asked; let me tell you a story.  Earlier this week the boys and I were enjoying a cup of hot chocolate after a rousing game of squirt gun fight in the backyard. What can I say it is winter time (a little more than 20 degrees out) but the sun was ACTUALLY shining! Anyway not the point of the story but as we are sipping our hot chocolate I heard a loud "thunk" or maybe it was a "thwack" anyway I went to see what it was. And this is what I saw on the living room window, bird feathers. When I looked down I saw a hurt bird flapping around on the ground. Carson wanted to know what happened so I told a safe mommy lie "oh it was just a book that fell over" and then turned Blue’s Clues on for distraction purposes. I called Nick at work and asked what I should about the injured bird dying on the porch. He's suggestion was to get his work gloves and a shovel and take it into the forest. Hello, it was still flopping everywhere! His next suggestion was to ring its neck first. Can't you just picture me breaking a dying bird’s neck?! Well I knew I had to summon all my courage and take care of it before the boys saw it. Well by the time I found the gloves and shovel the bird had already arrived at the big bird bath in the sky. Which made it easier to scoop up its still body and toss it into the forest next to our house, while only slightly shaking.  The conclusions I have drawn from this experience are:

1. My windows are so clean they are a danger to wildlife.

2. Birds in WA are not used to blindingly sunny days during the winter.

3. Mommy's are so brave!