Big Daddy and I were up early today...I believe it was 6-ish. After a few minutes straightening the yard and enjoying the beautiful morning, he said to me, "I was thinking about building a bird house." My ears perked up immediately because we had been talking a day or two earlier about using the old fencing wood we got from a neighbor to make some and I have always wanted a bunch of birdhouses in my backyard. "Let's do it!" I said sleepily................or maybe that's what my mind said. I think it actually went something like, "Uuuummmmm......ok."
Next thing you know we've got boards and measuring tapes and drills and saws (the little miter box saw so we won't wake up the neighbors, of course!) out and we are sketching out plans. We worked away discussing which angles look best and what side of the wood to face out and generally having a fun little time. Meticulous Man poked his sleepy-eyed head out the back door to say "Good Morning" just as we finished up the little house. When he asked what we were doing we told him to "go get dressed and come see"!
We were so pleased with the first little house that we decided to broaden our horizons a bit and make a birdie 6 apartment complex. This one took a little more figuring and a bit more clear communication to create, but it was finished not long after two more sleepyheads showed up at the door.
Now, since Big Daddy had built me 3 raised beds for our garden this year we had decided that the big birdie apartments should be mounted on a post and attached to the center of the center box. Then we attached the first little house to a board and mounted that to one of the other boxes. Well, we can't have things being uneven in my garden, so we set out to build another house...this time fashioned after an old outhouse! After a few interruptions and the last sleepyhead waking up and joining us, we had each had a part in building the bird houses right down to the little moon-shaped cut out on our birdie outhouse house.
The kids had fun banging nails into any available piece of scrap wood and pulling them out again. Sweetpea and Chicky-babe both decided to make their own houses so Big Daddy helped out with the sawing and drilling and all that. Mr. Meticulous and little Mister were playing tool guy with the extra hammers (thank goodness we have 4) and tucking them into their belts every chance they got. At one point, little Mister had 3 hammers tucked in his pajama pants! It's a wonder they stayed up with all that weight. All in all, it was a wonderful morning that turned out quite industrious without even feeling so.
Best of all, I finally have a yard full of birdhouses like I've always wanted. Thanks, God!
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