I sent the kids outside for lunch today, because we had been indoors too long. After playing for a while, they were sitting eating their lunches when we noticed a baby (we think) mourning dove walking around the yard. It was not at all afraid of us and even ate off of Darsie's plate. Being the "super" homeschool mom that I tell myself I am, I decided that naps could wait and that we would learn about mourning doves for a while. We got out our science notebooks and drew the bird and read about it in our bird book and wrote down observations (it ate peanut butter and graham crackers, it drank with its head down, etc.). The girls were thrilled and named "her" Alice. It is funny that she didn't fly away at all and that there was no mom mourning dove nearby, so I am not sure what is wrong with her. She's out there in the yard still, walking around, nibbling on crackers the girls dropped, drinking some water and enjoying the sun. The girls were very hesitant to come in for their naps because they were worried about her. Hopefully, she'll be there when they get up.
