Wednesday, November 19, 2008

How do you get syrup off a bird?

The answer is warm water. Lots of warm water. Like hold the bird under a stream of warm water in the bathroom sink and soak him to the bone and rub him until the sticky is gone. Now you may be wondering why I have the knowledge of "how to get syrup off a bird". Well, I have four kids and a husband that does not pay attention to said kids while babysitting. (Can a parent babysit their own children? Hmmm...that is a question for another day) So anyway, at least two little heads got together and syrup was brought into the living room and syrup was poured onto the birds back. The next natural question is "WHY!?". Well nobody seems to be able to answer that question. This is the mind of a six year old we are talking about. And it is even worse when two or more six year old brains get together unsupervised. The strangest thing is that when I called the Bird Store to ask them how to remove the syrup from the bird, they did not seem surprised at my questioning. Kinda like it was a question they heard everyday. So now we are all a little wiser.
Juan enjoyed holding the bird until Nibbles bit his ear.

Josie is doing better with the bird. Well, that was until the syrup incident. Now she is grounded from the bird. (Along with Audi, big surprise)

1 comment:

Lisa said...

Awww, poor Mr. Nibbles. Now if you had been dealing with Bud Bird, the bath would've been quick and easy since there are so few feathers.

Why did I suspect Josie had a hand in it even before I got to the end of your post? Maybe it was because she seemed a little afraid of him from the start.