Birthday and Birds

Whew!
Busy weekend, but we had lots of fun!!!

The birthday party was a success - we had just the right number of kids for complete insanity without major destruction. :-)
The kids had a great time being kids, and it was fun to watch them.

After the party, we went out to eat and on a ghost tour with our family who was here for the weekend. The ghost tour was interesting - we'd never done one. Cool stories. And we love spending time with this family group - they're awesome!!!

We have two new members of the household family now - they were rescue birds, and needed a little more time and attention than my family felt they could give them among their other birds, and they know I'm a "bird person", and have really missed having my "big" birds, so this was a perfect match! Bandit is a little Goffin's Cockatoo who was plucking his feathers, and will need extra TLC, but is a sweet, cuddly, funny little guy. All he wants is to be held & petted. He has the typical Cockatoo clown personality. Very entertaining. Marley is an African Grey, which are my favorite parrot - they're brilliant birds. He lets me scratch his head & pet him already, even inside his cage, so we're already becoming buddies. He talks up a storm, and of course makes all sorts of sounds. He has an entire one-sided phone conversation, from ring to hangup, too - it's a crackup!

Here are some pictures of our new babies:





After some time, Bandit should stop plucking and grow his feathers back, so he won't be half-naked! He's still a beautiful baby, though! And see how gorgeous Marley is? :-)