September 23

This morning the kids and I headed out to Petsmart. Ruthie had decided that she wanted to spend her hard-earned cash on a finch and it didn't take her long to find a perfect little fluff of a bird, a female shaft-tail finch. After getting the cage cleaned and ready for Princess Mint Black-chin, Ruthie spent the rest of the afternoon teaching her how to read.

I'm grateful the house has bird song in it once more.