(ALL EXCEPT MY YOUNGEST) SISTERS WEEKEND

The weekend started out with Bumma's  pet

(which you may remember from Bumma Gets A Pet)

deciding to make an entrance INSIDE

the house this year.

Briqelle came running into my bedroom before daylight,

or at least it seemed like it...but actually around 8:00 am 

(and yes, I was still sleeping at 8:00 am on a SATURDAY)

yelling:

 "Bumma there's a hummingbird in the house"

I'm thinking....."of course there is"

It is perfectly normal for hummingbirds to be in my house.

Wait a minute.......

THERE IS A HUMMINGBIRD IN MY HOUSE!

Poor Mr.Hummer.....he was terrified because 

Bumma is pretty scary looking  24/7  in the morning, and

 Mr.Hummer was screaming wildly in his native bird tongue:

" eek, eek, from 20 feet away she looks like she has a cozy nest on her head, from 2 feet away she looks like something that should be seen from 20 feet away."

If you are wondering how I know he was a Mr. Hummer and not a Miss/Mrs. Hummer,

its my blog post and since it is the closest thing to a male speciman to be near me in many years,

it is MR. HUMMER, and since we are such, close personal friends now,

I call him Mr. H.

Any questions?

Do you have a problem with that?

'Cause if "youse" do, I'm just sayin'.......

I'se been watching The Real Housewifes of NJ

and I think I could flip a table with

the best of them.

Anyhoo, blonde that I am, I was trying to get Mr. H to leave the same way he came in....

through.the.front.door.... Stop laughing...

No, really.....S.T.O.P. laughing.......

After what seemed like 20 minutes of trying to figure out how

to get Mr. H to fly through the house and back out the front door,

I got the brilliant idea  to take the screen off of the window that he was sitting next to, 

which goes directly into the back yard, and "shoo" him out that way.

I know. Most people would have figured that out

in the first 5 minutes  5 seconds...... but notice that I said "most people".

After the bird drama, I met up with 2 of my 3 sisters who had 

come down for our bi-decade sisters weekend. We have tried to have an annual sisters weekend,

but have only been able to manage about once every 3-4 years. And sadly, this

year my baby sister Melanie couldn't make it.  How we missed her; and I know Mr. H missed her as well!

  I hope we can ALL make it for the next bi-decade sisters (and their daughters) weekend.

 I know Mel would have been the FIRST

 one to run screaming out of the house to get help for poor Mr. H. 

She's that kind of sister. As the baby of the family, she survived many of her older sisters

FAMILY FRIENDLY FUN IDEAS

one of which was being put in a box

 and pushed down the stairs

 for a "fun" slide that broke her arm.

(Love ya Mel!)

But back to the point I was trying to make a few ramblings ago...

It simply wasn't as fun without you!

So................the sisters went to Samari 21 for

great food, and entertainment.

As if I hadn't had enough entertainment for the year.

The flaming volcano...

(can't wait to try this at home.....top chef is my middle name. choke, choke)

I don't know which was worse, the chef

throwing food, or the fact that it was

S.H.R.I.M.P.

or

the fact that it was shrimp and was heading directly towards my mouth....

HORRIFYING!!!

However, I wasn't able to catch it (wink, wink) and it ended up on the floor.

In my opinion, 

  FISH of ANY KIND

 belongs only in the water, and is not for human consumption. In a word...

I.C.K.

and now that you know how I REALLY feel

about fish of any kind,

we can move on.

(If fish is brain food...mine will be on a permanent fast) 

Briqelle opening her birthday present...

She couldn't believe it was a real camera.

She was so excited, that she got up early Saturday morning

and went outside to start taking pictures,

 leaving the front door open.....

and that is when the hummingbird

incident started.

Smile.....

Nicole, Jamie, Leesa, Gracie,Karen, and Bumma

with Elle in the stroller.

A fun sister's weekend, but we missed our

baby sister Melanie. and her daughter McKell. 

  

Ending with these words of wisdom, I say:

Spring in St. George

nothing better...

Summer in St. George

nothing worse...

110 degrees in the shade will be here in

less than 30 days.....

Maybe my humming bird friend will come fan me with his wings....