Babysitting and Pictures of my Children

Vincent and I had the pleasure of babysitting for my cousins. We adored our time with a 2 year old and a 4 year old. What their parents don't know is that we let them get away with so much! But that's what their "Aunt Margaret and Uncle Vincent" do when they come for a short overnight stay. Actually, the worst of it - or the best depending on perspective - was the splashing in the tub. When it was all done, I needed to be put in the dryer and no mop would absorb the level of water that went all over the master bathroom. But when Uncle Vincent made the hurricane come in the bathtub - the winds were so high that water escaped. We all laughed so hard and had such a great time!

My children are different. I have furry and feathered children. I just posted a video of Sha Nay on Facebook. Here are photos of Gabrielle - my 19 year old cat, Sha Nay - my 18 year old macaw parrot, and Mikael - my 19 year old white dove.

Sha Nay and Mikael - my birds on video

I finally figured out how to use the video application on my Blackberry. That was easy! I'll get better at it as time goes on. I've created a short video of the shenanigans of my 2 birds. Sha Nay is the blue and gold macaw. She is about 17 1/2 years old. Mikael is the white dove and he is approximately 19 years old. (don't tell him how old he is!) These 2 have lived together their whole lives at The Crystal Garden in one of our 4 showrooms which is appropriately called the Bird Room.

Mikael flies free throughout the store. He has a few key spots that he frequents. One is above the Essential Oils behind our front desk in the front show room. This upper shelf houses statues that have broken which we didn't have the heart to throw away. Mikael likes to coo and bow at himself in the mirror between 2 white porcelain Kuan Yins.

Kuan Yin is the Goddess of Mercy and Compasion. There are also a few Archangel Michael statues up there and others. . . . here is the video. I hope it makes you smile!