Last week was one of them.
It was abnormal in that we had some (plural) "animal" incidents.
First, we had a whole slew of baby lizards hatch. I think they hatch, anyway. However they come to be, we woke up one morning and there were a bunch of baby lizards outside. The weird part is that suddenly my kids wanted to hold-and-touch-and-keep-for-pets these baby lizards.
And then, I walked down my hallway and found a little bit of the outside, in. And, let me tell you....wild birds are not the easiest critters to politely ask to leave. That bird hung out for far too long before Jeff got home and got him/her out. My attempts were fruitless.
I'm done with wild critters. I don't want a lizard for a pet, and if a bird never flies into my house again, I won't complain. So, here's to a new week. With no animal incidents involved.
112 comments:
Wow, those lizards are so tiny and cute!!!
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Wow! What a week! I bet you'll be talking about the time the wild bird flew in your house for years to come!
EW!!! I d/n do critters very well. Thankfully neither do my girls:)
Tammy
We've had some bird adventures here too, but no wild ones in our house!
Too funny.
WOW! Baby lizards. At least they eat bugs :)
Sounds like you had quite a few unwelcome guests. Hope this week will be critter free.
Wow, that's just craziness. My kids would love it! Cute lizards :D
A bird would definetely freak me out! Here's to a much calmer, animal free week!
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Haha we have orange lizards everywhere from all the rain these days
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oh you poor thing- I hope the bird didn't make a mess in your house!!
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Wow! It really is a circus at your house!
Anybody seen Mr. Linky?
http://honey-mommy.blogspot.com/2009/08/toddler-temperature-and-teddy-torture.html
Happy WW Angie!! Yeah, birds are a bit tough to "ask" to leave!!
Jay
My WW Post
Boys = Critters. Plain and simple! LOL
http://www.fromdatestodiapers.com/2009/08/water-play.html
it's like a real life zoo! the bird in the house just tops it all off...lol!!! have a great week
http://www.shopaholicmommy.com/2009/08/wordless-wordful-wednesday-baby-bunnies.html
I don't blame you one bit for not being excited about the bird visitor! That would freak me out!
http://itfeelslikechaos.blogspot.com/2009/08/whats-in-your-potty.html
So cute! My WW goes right along with mine! Except mine is not in the house!
Really? A bird in the house? Wow!
Here's my post! http://1momof5.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-little-boys-dreams-are-made-of.html
My post is here...
http://www.boondockramblings.com/views_behind_lens/2009/08/wordful-wednesday-pickup-trucks.html
The birds in the house!?! Crazy stuff! I once had a bat in my room when I was growing up. I almost passed out, and spent much of the night hidden under the blankets to avoid it!
Oh those baby lizards are so cute.
Maybe it's because I have a new born though and am all baby crazy at the moment.
I can't believe that bird flew into your house.
That's amazing.
Did it poop anywhere?
I hope not.
Mr Linky, Mr Linky - where are you Mr Linky!
How fun! Great pictures! Happy ww!
http://www.babylovingmama.com/2009/08/wordless-wednesday-me-and-my-boys.html
wow! critter full week!!
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Holy cow!! Craziness! But oh.. to have those floors, honey. Can I move in now?? :)
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Ants.
Hungry Carpenter Ants.
In My House.
I think I'd rather have birds.
Except that their poop is bigger. lol
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I think your bird flew away with Mr. Linky!
Oh my gosh..my friend left her bathroom window open all day and when they went inside the bathroom, there was a squirrel in there.
My WW link is:
http://minyards7.blogspot.com
Those were cool pictures. Happy Wordful Wednesday. Mine WW is about a little girl and her daddy.
http://mamaswithdrama.blogspot.com/2009/08/daddys-girl-wordful-wednesday.html
we had a baby gecko in our house the other morning! Not sure how that happened.... Luckily, we didn't have a hard time catching it.
Here's my link: Wordless Wednesday
What's funny is, I like birds, really, I do. But the thought of having a bird in my house creeps me out. I can't think too long about it before I start to get the heebie jeebies. ;-)
The lizard is so tiny. Very cool in a picture, but it would creep me out if I saw it in person. I'm not a reptile person. (And lizards are always getting into our office building at work. Eek!)
Those lizards are kinda cute in a creepy cold blooded sort of way.
Happy WW!
Even baby lizards creep me out.
Oh my goodness.. they are sooo cute.. but I am glad my four year old is sleeping so he doesn't get any ideas!! (I would be too afraid!) :)
Those lizards are cute! I have an animal-themed post this week too.
Cute and so tiny! I love it. Happy WW! http://rundpinne.blogspot.com/2009/08/amish-can-bake-wordless-and-wordful.html
Those lizards are so cute! i can't believe how little they are! WOW!
And, as for the bird... we have had that too and I'll tell you what, I'll take that over the darn BATS that keep getting into my home. UGH!
Happy WW!
That is the cutest little frog/lizard I have ever seen. As for the bird . . . wow! Happy WW :o)
I agree. no birds or lizards!
*shiver* @ lizards :)
Here's to a new week. lol (I'm reading the comments)
Those lizards are really cute! I can see why they would like to keep them.
My oldest daughter loves to catch lizards. I discovered a baby lizard in her room the other day. Yuck. Happy WW!
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those are really little lizards. I had a squirrel in my fireplace once.
Ewwwww....not inside!
I would be done with wild critters, too!!! Happy WW!
that is so sweet. i would be scared of accidently squeezing them too hard!!
All of my lizards are HUGE around here in Florida....that one was so tiny tiny :)
I agree with a previous comment: I don't do critters/creatures very well, at least not on purpose. They're always around, though.
I am so not a fan of critters especially in my house. The lizards did look pretty cool but that would be as far as that goes.
What a teeny lizard! And as for the wild bird , I've had one in the house previously and it creeped the heck out of me!
My daughter loves little critters! She would have been thrilled!
Wow! That is the smallest lizard I have ever seen!!! Birds scare me!
I am always afraid of letting a bird into my house. I have horrible memories of a bat getting in my home when I was two and scaring us all to death!!
Oh wow, that is weird. I can't believe that you got a bird in your house. How did you get it out. I bet that is a great story.
That little lizard sort of melts my heart but a bird in the house? No thanks!
The lizards are adorable! We keep a couple of 10 gallon tanks that the boys can "make a home" in for creatures they find.
The tanks have to stay outside, though!
Oh my goodness . . . they're kinda cute! Happy WW to you!
The lizards were so cute but I def. would have freaked out with the bird!
Did you inadvertently move into a wildlife refuge or something honey?
We had a bird in our basement last week and the thing is, there is NO WAY he could have gotten in. But he did.
We had a raccoon incident a few years back--as in, 4 little raccoons decided that my garage was the ultimate hideaway.
Blessings!
I love it!!! I've seen 'wild' birds in stores a lot...but none in a home. LOL
So, that brings me to the inevitable question: "How much bird doo doo was there, really?"
My Wordful is all about a 'broken heart' this week. Something I found walking downtown in a construction sight that is....
Come join me.
Wow! Those are the cutest little lizards I have ever seen. I think you should keep a few. We once had a bird trapped in the fireplace chute. It died. Not sure if I would want one as a pet either. Happy WW and take care.
-Kiki
Yikes!
I've had birds fly into my house. I think they are as freaked out as I am.
Happy Wordless Wednesday!
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That is too funny because I had animal pictures I was going to post myself, I have a bunch! But, I went with something my daughter did and will save the animal pix for next week. There will probably be more by then!
Awww, the lizards are too cute!! And birds are such a pain in the house/garage. I'm always afraid they're going to mess on my head! :)
Princess Nagger wants to get a pet lizard...but I say 'no thanks'. ;) I would have been a tad freaked out having a wild bird fly into the house - they are tough to get out again! :) Happy WW!
cool outside but not in, lizards are cool though.
I've had a couple of bird incidents. They are hard to get out of the house!
Wow, I thought I was up early this morning. . .there are a lot of Wordful Wednesday links today. I love these pictures. . .as long as the lizards and birds aren't at my house. LOL.
my kids are all about toads and frogs, they just love them (so they say). we have also had birds in the house before, fun times.
Aww, what a itty bitty lizard! And we had a bird in our house when I was a kid, it was big drama getting that poor little feller back outdoors lol
You know what Heather says about birds..."They'll poke your eyes out!"
Seriously.
Lizards would probably poke 'em out, too.
I've missed you...
Those baby lizards are darn cute! Don't know about the outside bird inside, though...
Oh my kids would have been laughing their butt off about the bird inside the house.
Too funny.
Wow, those lizards are too cute! And the bird running through the house, too funny!
Aw, the lizards are too damn cute, Angie! Did you see the one I posted on my blog days ago? he was on Madison's arm and actually crawled into her hair. Too cute!
How the hell did the bird get in the house in the first place?
Justine :o )
ick! my 2yo loves to bring random critters in the house. why why whyyyyyy? LOL
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The baby lizards are kinda cute...I could do without the bird in the house though! You probably got some good kid entertainment out of those incidents though!
A friend of a friend discovered that what they thought were squirrels in their attic were about 300 bats. I would have moved out immediately!
They had some specialists come out and now their home is bat free. But still...creeeeeeppppyyy!
I am pretty sure I would still have moved!
The only bird that ever came in my house met it's maker due to a dog that was a tad faster than I am! Yikes! We had a baby owl in our back yard yesterday, but because I don't have a grovy camera the pics didn't come out that great. Happy WW!
oh my goodness... so tiny! those are probably the only kinds of lizards that don't freak me out! they're really cute!
ewwww and double ewww..
do they not have TAILS?
EWWWWWWW
blek
I LOVE NATURE!
~d
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I have a cat and dogs.....they love bringing in friends to visit!!!!
Wow! It's like Wild Kingdom over there!
Here's to a new critter-free week!
Yeah, I am not a big fan of wild animals as pets. I like to view them where they belong...in the wild. Great pictures:-)
Yuck......
My cat brought a mouse into the house last night. I yelled at him to take it back outside and to my surprise he did!!! He wasone lucky cat. Although I did have to pick the poor dead thing up off of the patio this morning. Eeeewww.
Better luck with the critters this week!
That little lizzy "almost" looks kinda cute!
Awwww, I think baby lizards are cute! :)
I love the photos but the critter in the house? Not so much.
It makes me laugh that you are getting so many wild critters living in the city. I would have thought the opposite. At least the kids thought the lizard babies were great!
The tiny lizards are adorable!
I would totally go crazy if a bird got in my house. We had one on our porch last weekend that kept flying frantically around us, and I was freaked out!
Awwww...the baby lizard is so cute!!!
That's hilarious! I can definitely say that I've never had that {either thing} happen. Haha!
We have an affinity for baby lizards as well. We tried keeping one once and he did live for quite some time. The bird would have sent me packing.
Love the critters! Reminds me of my house! LOL
I think I would have been ok with the baby lizards but definitely not with the bird in my house :)
LOl
Come see some cute tutus!!! Not to mention the cute girls in them. :)
Oh my.... my boys (and girl) do the same thing... they want to catch and keep everything!!!
Oh no. I do not do critters either.
Oh wow, those lizards are adorable but I'm sure that bird was not a happy camper (or you either, so glad you managed to get it out eventually!)
Cute lizards, but still...ewww...no thanks!
I loved this post. Kids do get fascinated with stuff. I currently have a bucket of grasshopers and jars everywhere with alive or half dead or dead insects. And of course the mice outside we poisoned in our windowells they just loved watching them die. Uh oh! Glad you got the bird out. Birds do freak me out!
I'm late... (technical difficulties today...) but my first post of what will probably need to be 17 total.. of the MEGA family road trip.. :)
Would you like a bat in your house? Or Squirrels roosting in your attic? Or a giant bigger than I ever want to see again in my life beetle called a STAG beetle?? I think your teeny tiny birdy is NOT a big deal.. could soooo be worse! :)
I get SUCH a kick out of things like this. l love seeing all the lizards around and saving them from inside the patio and saving the little tiny frogs from chlorine overload in the pool. But the bird, now that's not something I have ever encountered in the house.
Aahhgh! We had a bat in our bedroom one New Years Eve (messed up our plans, trying to get that thing out) and I was freaked out for a few night that it was going to get back in (it didn't). I love animals, but just not in my house (save for cats and dogs).
We actually had a couple lizards as pets, and my husband had one for a class pet in his classroom last year (he loves reptiles). I think the baby lizards are super cute, but I definitely prefer to look at them OUTside. And as for the wild bird - I think I would have left the house for the day! Freaky!
My parents once had a pigeon fly into their house. What a mess
All creatures great and small feel welcome in your home.
Happy Twirls
I hope the little bird-friend didn't poop anywhere! Bird poop is very acidic and etches wood and makes terrible stains on upholstery... Please don't ask how I know of such things!
LOL! That was funny! I know I am way down on the comment list... but your wild bird reminded me of one that flew into our house. My husband was home, but I was still freaking out.
You wrote about that so calmly... I was shrieking because we had no way to keep him contained. He was in the kitchen, and I just hoped he didn't find his way upstairs! :-) Dh eventually directed him with a tennis racket, out the side door... (kind of like directing an airplane pulling in and out of a gate).
He didn't hit him I promise, though visions of badminton and a "birdy" did enter my mind. :-)
my mom had a hummingbird fly into her house. It took her an hour to get it back out. Those lizards are really cute though.
UGH! Lizards and birds! 2 of my least favorite creatures! Especially birds in the house... they are IMPOSSIBLE to get out! I'm hoping this week is less eventful in the animal sense for you :)
No thanks to all of the above animals!
We just went camping and had a "screened" gazebo. The problem was that it kept all the bugs (and birds!) trapped INSIDE!! Never again.
Oh...I don't DO lizards. And birds are really really hard to get out of the house. I had a hummingbird fly into my garage and he couldn't figure out how to fly out. He was totally panicked. I felt terrible.
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