A very busy day (when isn't it?)

Welcome our new little guy. This is Tovarysh. He is a 4 month old Cockatiel. He is so cute. When you see him next to Tweety he looks large, but he is pretty small actually. He still has his little feathers and spots. Even his voice sounds small. He came right to me and sat on my shoulder for 10-15 min at the store and then for about 20-30 minutes at Mom's while we were looking up names and meanings. We named him Tovarysh to be "Friend" in Ukrainian. It fits him well.

Simon is very proud of his box which is a fort for his army men. This was a huge issue at school yesterday. He can make anything out of anything. But yesterday his sponge room time was coming to an end and he wasn't done with his project. He decided to throw a fit at school in hopes of getting extra time I guess. But it didn't work. I got there after they called me. He was breaking pencils, kicking, etc. Sorry, but that doesn't work for me either. He has to do what everyone else has to do. At one point, I thought he was back on track. But as soon as I was out of the lot, they called back. He was still refusing to work and breaking more pencils and throwing them. In the end we drove to my new office, he sat down, finished the work, we drove back to school and turned it in as it should have been done to begin with.

Needless to say everyone was praising him when he finally got to finish the project today. But we also reminded him that it isn't worth throwing a fit about is it?

This lazy ole thing is just that. Can he get anymore comfortable? RJ, has he always been like this?