Mr Man lost two teeth!

A while back I posted about how Mr Man had gotten his first tooth, but hadn't yet lost it... a couple weeks later the matching pair showed up as well. Still no wiggly teeth. Months have gone by now and the adult teeth are full up, but those baby teeth were hanging on tight!

We finally made a trip to the dentist and he gave Mr Man's teeth a helping hand to make their way out and make room for the new teeth behind.

Little Miss' new smile ;)

And one of Junior just because :)

Tragedy strikes the robin family

As I posted yesterday, the mama robin lost 3 babies in all. 1 first thing in the morning and then 2 more were gone by the afternoon.

Here are the photos





And sadly when I checked on them this morning the nest was empty and abandoned. I am guessing that a cat figured out where he could get an easy meal!

Very sad for the mother robin. I pray she has better luck next year!

Checking on the Robins

Here are the robins as of Monday:









Can you spot the mama??



I checked on the birds again yesterday (Tuesday) and all was fine. They looked pretty much the same as monday, so I didn't take a picture. I did manage to give the potatoes lots of water though before mama returned.

However this morning I went to check on them and I was very sad to see that there were only 3 babies in the nest. :( I have no idea what happened... cat? fox? natural death? but one is missing. Mother Robin flew straight back to the nest when she saw me, and seemed more protective than usual, so I am guessing a predator in the night or wee hours of the morning. The babies are starting to grow pin feathers already, so that is great.

In doing a bit of reading on British Robins with the children, it seems they normally nest at the end of March and have their babies grown and gone by end of May. So for some reason, this mother has had her brood late in the season.

A Piratey Puzzle

The children really enjoyed putting together this pirate puzzle!