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Dress: Gap
Belt (my new favorite): Land's End
Shoes: Land's End Canvas
Earrings: Flea Market
I'm not one for earrings but this morning this outfit was calling for some dangling earrings. It was a hot one today so this dress was all about (trying) to stay cool.
In a robin update, the babies are getting bigger everyday. They have grown black fur and their eyes are open. They peek over the top of the nest often.
We caught this one taking a snooze with its head hanging out of the nest. It was taken from inside so we didn't disrupt the nap.
Our baby robins are growing up quickly. Today they started peeking over the edge of the nest looking for food. We discovered that when we open the door beside their nest, they will pop up thinking we are going to feed them.
This is pretty much the cutest thing ever!
Baby robins that is.
It's hard to get to get a good picture while keeping your distance.
Today I noticed a different robin in the bird's nest (his bum fur was a different color). It was the baby daddy! He helped Princess Robin build her nest and then disappeared for three weeks. Sometime over the past day, the eggs hatched and he is back to help her feed the little ones.
I'm so excited to see them grow!
In non-robin related news, here's what I wore today:
Even though it was a pretty good day with the baby robins and a fun teacher-student water balloon fight at school, I look mighty cranky in these photos. Not one smile was to be found.
Skirt: J Crew
Cami: J Crew
Cardigan: J Crew
Shoes: Naturalizer
Dress: Walmart
Shoes: Old Navy
Necklace: Etsy
Our "Princess Robin" is still nesting on our back porch. She's been there for two weeks so hopefully babies will be coming soon. I would love to use our back deck without feeling guilty about disturbing the momma. She yells at us if we go outside!
Today, RDog was able to get a photo of the eggs when Momma away (she was disturbed by visiting cable repair men and took off).
Robin's eggs are the prettiest thing ever. The color is amazing!
Sweater: J Crew
Blouse: Unknown
Skirt: Sears
Shoes: Naturalizer
Belt: Old Navy
I came home tonight to find this.
First of all, the robin (aka Princess Robin) must have been ticked off to have her mid-day peace disturbed by Mr. Delivery Man. Princess Robin does not like when humans invading her territory. She likes to scream at them if they do. She especially does not like RDog and has started pooping on his BBQ. RDog has a theory that she is enacting revenge for his presence near her nest.
Second of all, the amount of packages looks bad, but it isn't (promise). I've been really digging Land's End and Land's End Canvas lately. What I don't like is how they charge duty to Canada when the item ships from within Canada. I have discovered that duty is only shipped if the order is over $16. Each of those boxes represents one item that was under $16 (shipping was free). It's wasteful, I know, all those boxes for a little belt or scarf. But I refused to pay duty for something that ships from Canada! As for the contents in the boxes, I'll be wearing some of it tomorrow.
Cardigan: J Crew
Cami: J Crew
Pants: Gap
Shoes: Naturalizer
Belt: J Crew
This outfit is pretty much a copy cat of yesterday's. I have this habit (problem) of buying clothes in multiple colors. Today I wore a different colored version of yesterday's pants and yesterday's belt and topped it off with yet another patterned J Crew cardigan. It works.
On the robin front, not much changed since yesterday. However, I wanted to share with you the mess the robins made while making their nest. It seems that their stick placing aim is not so good.
This is the mess they left below my porch light where their nest rests. Yes, that is a dead tomato plant in the pot. I haven't cleaned it up for fear of disturbing the birds. Ummm, yah . . . we'll go with that excuse.
Sweater: J Crew Factory
Necklace: Joe Fresh
Belt: J Crew
Pants: Gap
Shoes: Karen Scott
Today, the weather took a turn for the cold. I couldn't bring myself to wear tights. I . . . just . . . couldn't . . . do . . . it. So pants it was. The weather also dictated our photo shoot location (that phrase sounds glamorous, don't ya think). It was raining so we moved into our screened in porch which still hasn't entirely been cleaned up for the summer, hence the mess behind me.
Coincidentally, it is right beside our screened in porch that some robins decided to make their nest. They actually built it on our outdoor light. Our cat, Ruby, loves to hang our in the porch but now has special visitation times (whenever the robins are not home). We tried to explain this to her, but she doesn't understand. Ever try to tell a cat she can't do something that she really wants to do? Cats don't really like that.
Here is the nest in its beginning stages.
Lots of work was completed today. The whole nest foundation has been cemented with a good layer of mud. I can't wait to see what happens next; it's like reality robin tv!
