Pine Cone Feeders

December 20, 2008---We have lots of birds and squirrels that frequent our yard. You would think Shadow would chase them out of the yard but he couldn't care less. I have watched him just sit there while a bird walked across the yard and a squirrel dug a hole in the yard to hide his goodies in. We thought it would be fun to make pine cone feeders for the birds and squirrels. While Anna Catherine and I took a nap, Rick and the little kids went on a stroll through the neighborhood in search of pine cones. AC and I had woke up by the time they returned and were ready to get started on our project. Jackson didn't want to contribute so he played with his dinosaurs (big surprise!) and Chloe just wanted to stick her fingers in the peanut butter. Rick tied the string to the pine cones. Anna Catherine, Rick, and I put peanut butter on them and Anna Catherine and I covered the peanut butter with a mixture of seeds, nuts, and berries. Anna Catherine, not thinking, licked some peanut butter off her hand--forgetting that she had just put her hand in the seeds. She was spitting and gagging trying to get the seeds out of her mouth. It was so cute, funny, and gross all at the same time. Rick hung them in the backyard. This morning Rick and Anna Catherine saw a bird eating from one of the feeders.