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Memoirs of a Goofball

Poor Annabelle

Well, fingz hab not bin eazy for liddle Annabelle. Wen mommy looked out da window dis mornin, liddle Annabelle wuz way on da edge ub da table all by herself. Mommy thawt dat she mite hab died.

Mommy jest cudn't leab her over der in case she wuz ok, or like daddy sez, "Leave well enuf alone". So she carefully went out to look. She karefully picked her up. She wuz alive! Mommy didn't know if der wuz sumpin wrong or wut, but she putted her back in da nest. She figured if liddle Annabelle wuz sick or sumpin, dey wud take her out again.

Mommy peeked one more time an it looked like da daddy wuz sittin on da nest, but liddle Annabelle wuz way on da edge ub da nest an da daddy wuzn't sittin on her. After dat, mommy jest cudn't look anymore.

So, now der haz bin sum activity goin on out der. Mommy jest saw one ub da parents fly off wif a piece ub egg shell. Mommy cudn't help it, she jest had to peek agin!

Well, Cole haz hatched! An, wile mommy peeked, she saw bof ub da babiez move! An liddle Annabelle wuz back in da middle ub da nest, rite next to her new brudder.

So, mommy RILLY hopez dat Annabelle will make it. She knowz it iz silly to be so conserned for sum wild birdiez, but, well, she jest can't help it!

I will haf sum newz on myself soon. My Roxie iz visiting dis week!!!

Annabelle is borned!

Well, at least I FINK she iz. Cuz, der is haf a egg shell unner da table an Suzie (da mommy) seemz a liddle twitchy up der. An it wud be zactly 15 dayz, jest like da puter sed. I shur hopez we kin getz a peek ub liddle Annabelle soon! An, I fink Cole shud be comin on Monday. If my kalculationz iz correct!

Well, I speaked too soon. Annabelle HAZ hatched an I seed her! She iz soooo tiny! She is da size ub da my mommy'z thum print. An she iz gray an kinda fuzzy lookin. It wuz kinda hard to get a GUD look. Suzie wuz gibbin her sum dinner. She shur iz hungry! An Cole iz still der all safe in hiz shell.

Sirens!

Yesserday wuz pritty citing. Me an Zoe an my brudder wuz all jest hangin out wen da sirens started goin off. Dey wuz for a tordnado! So, me an da guyz all went an sitted in da bafroom for a while until daddy gotted home an gibbed da all clear. It'z bin a wile since we hadda do dat. Last year we wuz hearin da sirens like ebery coupla dayz it seemed!

Joe (he'z da dovie daddy) wuz a liddle concerned bout da weather too. Usually ebery day at 4:55 in da affernoon Suzie (dats da mommy) comez home so dat Joe kin go out an do hiz fing for da rest ub da nite. Dey iz berry gud at takin turnz sittin on da eggz. SO, anyway, las nite Suzie wuz sittin on da eggz, but Joe camed back an wuz sittin on da railin keepin a gud look out an makin shur hiz fambly wuz gonna be OK. Wut a guy he iz!

Zoe haz bin gettin used to dem bein on da porch all da time. Yesserday she onlee leaned on da screen door like a haf dozen timez. After gettin yelled at an sprayed wif da water bottle like a haf dozen timez, she cided to watch frum a liddle farther away.

Aneeway, Annabelle an Cole shud be hatchin prolly next Monday. We can't wait!

Oh, an yesserday, Zoe wuz layin on MY blue blankie so I gibbed her da stink eye an she gotted off ub it. Shhhh, don't tell mommy but I mite hab, yew know, pushed her a liddle too.