HER SPRING ROBIN
Upon the recommendation of Jen, Athena and I checked out the book My Spring Robin from the library. It is a cute story about a little girl who is waiting for her spring robin to return in the spring. We have read and renewed this book several times. We have been looking for a robin to return for weeks. Yesterday I thought surely there should be robins back by now so we went for a long walk, hoping to find one. No luck.
This morning she came in to my bed quite early. Daddy is away on business so she had plenty of room. As we snuggled and talked a little bit I heard the unmistakable song. So did she. Yes, we heard a robin at last. We got up and got ready for the day. We rushed downstairs and looked out the patio doors. Lo and behold, right on the fence stood her spring robin. What a day to celebrate for a 4 year old. Now we will hear the robin's song all summer long. "Cheer up, cheerilee, Cheer up, cheerilee, Cheer up, cheerilee" Happy Day!
2 comments:
That is so sweet...and pretty good that your daughter could recognize the sound of the robin- I don't know if I would, I guess I need to listen better.
We just saw our first robin last week - and today a cardinal (which we don't often see even in summer). Very fun. We had checked out a bird calls cd from the library last fall that plays common north american bird recordings and the boys have been pretty good at remembering their sounds. Sounds like a nice story - we'll have to check it out!
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