Little Bear-ism's

LB: Mummy, do I look boo-ti-ful?
M: You look absolutely gorgeous!
LB: Just like you!

Awwwww - I take back what I said the other day about selling her on e-bay.

LB (upon noticing my bedroom door was open): Mummy, I'm just going to go in here to buy a fat pig!

Not quite sure what to say to that one.

LB (seeing an ambulance drive past with lights flashing): Look Mummy, Fire Truck!
M: That one is an ambulance.
LB: An-nu-nanch
Cheetah: Not An-nu-nanch, Ambulance.
LB: NO Cheetah, Not An-nu-nanch, it's a An-nu-nanch

(of course Cheetah thought this was hilarious and the last two lines of that conversation was repeated for several minutes).


On another note, Joe our Cockatiel (yes Donut has a proper name now) has learnt to whistle for my attention (the whistle like a yankee hailing a cab). I'm trying to teach him to wolf whistle but only for me. We'll keep working on that one. I was quite impressed actually, that one day he was only making bird noises & the next day he was whistling & it was almost indistinguishable from our whistles. And he's only about 9 weeks old. Maybe that's normal for cockatiels, but I'm still impressed. At the moment Little Bear is listening to a Shaun The Sheep DVD so I am waiting for him to start whistling the theme song to that.

Introducing ...

Meet our newest member of the family.

Obviously I'm not talking about Cheetah.

This little fellow is affectionately known as Donut (his colouring is called cinnamon). We haven't given him a proper name yet as we are still in negotiations. Any suggestions would be welcome. DH would like something Aussie.

As you can see, he is still just a baby. He is being hand fed twice a day now & that yellow stuff near his beak is nothing more serious than his caked on baby food (ie. Cockatiel baby food that is).

He's not quite into seed yet, but it won't be long now.

We really aren't sure if it's a he or a she, but his tail looks like it has bars on it, which is indicative of a male, and he is already starting to show what a good mimic he is which is another male trait. Really to be positive we would need to blood test him. The other thing is that if he starts laying eggs then he's a she.

Cheetah is absolutely taken with him & would spend all day just holding him if he could. This might be the best incentive yet to get his homework & clarinet practice done promptly each evening... Mwahahahahahahaha !!!