My Valentine Treat

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope your day was full of love- mine sure was, even though I have been sick since Friday. Pete gave me the beautiful tulips and my mom gave me the carnations you see in the picture above. The children have been so sweet with warm wishes, kisses and loving all day. They know I have been sick and have waited on me so sweetly. I love my family!

I was able to sleep in and when I awoke, Pete was making heart-shaped pancakes (we had our Saturday breakfast this morning instead). When I went to get some coffee, there was a bag of bird seed on the counter by the coffee pot. When I asked what it was doing there, the kids opened the front curtains, and...

...I was surprised by this! The new birdhouse on the left was hanging next to the other feeder we have been using since Pete got me the cardinal bird stand last year. We had so much fun watching all the birds try out their new gig. Even a beautiful woodpecker joined them, along with...

...my sweet cardinal to wish me "Happy Valentine's Day," too.

Drum roll, please...

Here's our chicken! I have Pete so enthralled in the whole thing, that when he came home from work to find the chicken on our porch eating birdseed, he knew he'd better get some pictures. I was at the school with the camera in my purse (I have not separated from it since this started), so Pete had to find his work camera and put his clever hunting skills to work in order to capture these photos. I am sure Pete looked much more suave sneaking around our neighbors' yards silently like he knew what he was doing, as opposed to my impatient dash to get the picture before I lost the chicken!

Then when we got home after school Pete greeted us at the door and said he had a surprise for us on the computer. Voila- there was the chicken. I could not wait to fill you in. Any ideas for a name?