A Mothers Day Wonder

 What a Mothers Day it has been!  It started out well, went a little crazy, and got another kind of crazy!  The first crazy began because it was Sunday morning with all three girls at home and everyone trying to get out the door ON TIME to go to church.  We got through that, and emerged virtually unscathed (for the most part).  We even arrived on time!

When we came home, Mark noticed two baby birds on the ground beneath the tree in our front yard.  They were tiny and are pictured to the left.  We picked them up, did some research, put out some SOS messages via Facebook and waited.  We were headed to a family party, so we took them with us.  After a few hours and not much luck getting anyone to adopt these birds, which we had determined are doves, Mark decided to take matters into his own hands.  Ok, in his case, hand.  He left us at the party and went home to take care of the birds.

He had read that the best thing to do was to make a nest out of a basket, hang it in the tree and hope that the parents return.  That is exactly what he did - see the picture to the right.
Pretty cool, right?

Since I had been promised a trip to see The Avengers, we left to go see it and hoped for the best.  We just returned a little while ago and lo and behold, it looks as if the mama has returned and is taking care of her babies!  We could see her tail feather sticking out over the edge of the basket.  I hope we are not just seeing things and there really is a happy little bird home up there.

And here are my little chicks, posing beside The Avengers - they've all picked out their favorite.  Little did we know that when we got home, we'd all feel a little bit like superheroes ourselves...