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Meet Myrtle:

Thanks to her efforts, we've been watching something spectacular happen out the kitchen window. It started about fifteen days ago, when she began building this:

I planted a little step ladder near her nest and waited and hoped, waited and hoped, peaking in on occasion when she left her nest. About two days later, she left this:

And later that same day, this:

And the next day:

Aren't her eggs beautiful? 

I learned we would have to wait an additional 12 to 15 days for her triplets to hatch. Perfect! Days 12 to 15 happened to coincide with potty training lock down at our pad. Margaret, Louise and I literally did not leave the house for 4 days (with the exception of a quick visit to Sugar's house [my mom]). The timing could not have been better, because we got to watch this happen in real time:

Here she is, helping to free baby #2 from his little shell.

Within minutes, she flew away and this is what was going on inside:

I love how the two baby birds are huddling together. The third egg hasn't hatched yet, but Myrtle is still spending a good bit of time on the nest. We're hoping their little sibling will make his or her debut in the next day or so. In the meantime, I hope Myrtle gets some shut-eye. She looks tired, hence her dark circles. 

And if you looked past her nest, here's two other sites you'd see outside our kitchen window this morning:

Louise in the driver's seat

Margaret figuring out the tricycle!

A happy weekend to you!