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Quick sidenote – I was exposed to the musical Bye-Bye Birdie in Middle School…our choir teacher was lazy and let us watch movies every week – I saw every musical known to man that year.  One particular song from that musical was engrained in my head and now I sing it as a lullaby to my kids…"I love you Samuel, oh yes I do…I love you Samuel and I'll be true-ue.  When you're not with me…I'm blue, Oh Samuel, I love you". 

Remember THIS post about our Eastern bluebirds that were building a nest in our birdhouse?!

Well, they stayed for a month and a half.  We watched them as we sat at our dinner table and ate every day…they would fly in, fly out, sit on the fence, and nosedive at us if we ever got close.  And then one day while the boys were weeding the back flowerbed, they heard little chirps…and saw momma and daddy flying in and out of the birdhouse with worms.  We had babies!  3 to be exact.  We tried to take pictures, but the angle was hard to get, and momma would chirp at us…she did not like us lifting the lid of the birdhouse (can anyone blame her?).  The baby birds were gray and white – very unlike their colorful parents.

And then all of the sudden this week while I was eating lunch, I saw one of the babies peering out of the hole…it's the first time they had been visible.  So I took this picture…

And then I went on with my day.  When the boys came home I happened to mention seeing the bird, and Jacob asked if he could go look.  I agreed.  And when he lifted the lid…they were gone!  No carnage is visible, so we have to assume that sometime that afternoon they were taught how to fly. 

And they haven't been back (that we've seen).  We miss our birds!  A month and a half of looking for them and watching them everyday makes them part of the family…this was better than having pets! 

We've heard stories of birds who come back to the same place every year to nest and lay their eggs…we sure hope it's true of our Eastern Bluebird friends!