Ben's Bird Friends

Grandma got Ben a bird feeder from Walmart awhile ago after he had been begging me for birdseed. He kept trying to put different food on the deck to attract the birds, which obviously did not work. We've had this bird feeder now for awhile and the first time we filled it a few birds came once in awhile until Heidi spilled the whole thing all over the deck. Yesterday when Grandma was taking care of the kids, she refilled it for Ben. Today while he was eating lunch, birds just kept coming and eating the seed. At one time, I think there were about 20 birds pecking at food on the deck, since the first ones threw the seed from the feeder all over the place. Ben was soooo excited, he just kept giggling and telling me I had to come look. He decided if they like seed so much, they would probably love some of his carrots, so he put some out there. He also put his fly swatter from Cafe Loveless on the railing so when they step on it, it will flip them. When they would fly away, he would say, "Another one fell off the deck!" I reminded him that they could fly and he responded, "I know they can fly Mom! It just LOOKS like they are falling off." Silly me. He even named some of the birds, of course the first one was named "Andrew". My favorite part of the whole ordeal was when he said, "Wait until Heidi gets up from her nap and I show her this. She is going to be very impressed!" That kid's vocabulary is something else!