I had problems with my camera so I had to take it back and buy something else. Got a new Nikon instead. First, here's some pictures of the kids.

I gave my handsome boy Sonny a mohawk a few days ago, doesn't he look so adorable? He's a real little poser, though he doesn't like my new camera very much. Charlie's a perfect girl for the camera, she loves it.

My beautiful girl loves the camera and loves posing for lots of photos.

Tanjiro has the runs from feeding the baby girl too much, poor boy. He's been very affectionate lately, giving everyone kisses and preening us.

poor Tanjiro half-asleep on the job

I spent some time with dear little Charlie today when I came home from furniture shopping. What a good girl she was, she sat on my shoulder and watched me drink my coffee and emailed my friends. She seems very intelligent and curious, she looks at me and listens when I speak to her and imitates the washing machine noises. She has figured out how to get on my finger though it takes a little coaxing to get her out the cage and she flies off still. She is such a sweet girl and I love her so much.

Sonny and Tanji have been very noisy lately and I suspect we'll be hearing "shut up ya losers!" every morning soon the way I yell at them. Sonny's learning slowly how to preen and give kisses and when Tanjiro sat with me the other night he was playing with my hair like a good boy.

Did a photo shoot with each budgie and got some lovely shots of each birdie.  I think Charlie's the most photogenic of the 3, she was very well-behaved for the camera and such a good girl. Charlie is very calm and inquisitive around cameras, which makes her a perfect model. Sonny and Tanjiro either wouldn't look at the camera, ran away or hopped up on the camera. I'll be getting a new one soon, as my Canon was faulty and I got a refund. My new camera is a Nikon D3100, it's cool.

the camera loves you Charlie!

i'm too cool to look at the camera

Sonny lies on his back

I'm sorry if I haven't posted much lately, i keep having problems with my internet. This morning, Sonny helped me make my toast and ate some peanut butter I put on my finger. He's just like a little baby, he's truly his mummy's boy. Currently, I've got Tanji on my shoulder playing Boom Town with me and he's helping me tweet rude jokes. Charlie's been a good girl, sitting on dad's finger, though she still hasn't learned not to bite me when I give her a kiss.

Sorry again for the absence, I kept having issues with my browser (firefox), but it's sorted out for now.  Charlie's learned kissy noises now and Sonny has been such a cute little munchkin for us lately. He lies on his back in my hand and clutches my finger like a baby.

Tanjiro has been feeding Charlie so much that now Charlie doesn't even touch her seed dish any more.  It's so cute how he's a great dad to her, he just adores baby birds. I remember when Sonny first joined the family, Tanjiro was such a great daddy to him, feeding him and looking after him, it's so sweet. Poor old Buster did the same for Tanjiro when we brought him home, dear old Buster was so ill but he still found the energy to look after the new baby and it was so touching.

Good to be back!

I'm sorry if I haven't updated in a while, I've been very ill again and very busy. I'm feeling better now though. Those little rascals have figured out how to get out their cages by themselves and it's caused no end of headaches for us! Sonny's getting his king feathers soon and he'll be a gorgeous boy when he does. Tanjiro lets us pat him like a kitten and Sonny lies back in my hand allowing me to support his head. He also sleeps in my arms and lets me rock him to sleep. Charlie bit my lip the other day and it wouldn't stop bleeding!

Charlie has figured out how to make cute "chook chook" noises like the clever girl she is! Now we nickname her "chook chook" or "chicky" and she's really calmed down since we first brought her home. She's a wonderful little bird and I love her very much.

I had a lovely day spending time with all the birds. I snuggled Sonny this morning, gave charlie a cuddle this evening and shared some vegetables from my pizza with Tanjiro about 3 hours ago. Charlie got a lovely pink blanky from me today and she adores it.

She is falling asleep in that photo, isn't it cute? I just need to knit another blanket and each bird will have their own blanky to snuggle in. I'm so proud of Charlie, I remember when she used to start squawking if we so much as walked past her cage. She's settled in so well now.

In other news, mum has her own deviantArt account now for photography and drawings (when I get convince her to do some).

We met the nice man who will be moving in next to us soon, his name is Peter and he'll be replacing our old fence with something nicer than the hideous grey fences we've had for the past 15 years. Peter has a nice wife called Lynne and his son says he knows my dad from when he referees soccer games at the park and has seen my dad wearing the orange vest. Peter has a cute little cat apparently, so I can't wait for them to move in so I can take photos of their furry little friend.