Sunday morning bird rescue

Ridley came barreling into the house this morning yelling "Its an emergency!!! A bird is going to get KILLED!"
I was half asleep still but went outside and found the neighbours cat playing with a baby bird. We shooed the cat away and put the bird in a safe place in the corner of the yard until we could figure out what to do with it. The bird promptly flew into the composter which meant another more icky rescue. Bleah! "Robby" (a robin we think??) is currently residing in a tree in our backyard. (like the fake birds nest??) This is the third bird that Ridley has rescued this year. Shes also rescued countless bugs from our pool. We remove soggy yet still alive bugs almost daily..even bees! She hates bees but insists they be given a chance. She expects me to be the brawn in these rescue missions yet how could I say no when she pleads and beams her baby blues at me.

The worst part is explaining to her that we can only do so much for this bird. Whether or not it survives depends on nature more than anything. Fingers crossed here.

Schools out, summer is here!

Ridley is done school and will be going into grade 3 in September.
In the meantime, summer is here. Well, sort of. The weather has been cool recently. We've also had hail 4 times in the past couple of weeks!

I'm quickly discovering the downsides to having a pool. One example being the 12 year old boy from Ridley's school who has decided he wants to hang out here all summer. I like most kids, but this kid was rude and disrespectful to everyone here. I finally asked him to leave (I was polite yet firm) and he outright refused! He told me I wasn't going to get rid of him that easily. He also told me all about his grand plans to spend his summer here swimming and playing pokemon. Nuh uh, not in my lifetime, not on my watch.. you get the point. He did finally leave (3 hours later) when I told him I was calling his dad. He hasn't been back.

A friend got a new bike and gave me her old one. (whoohoo!) I haven't had a bike in years..and I'd forgotten how much fun it is.
I think I'm going to get a skateboard helmet because bike helmets make people look like this guy....