Just the other day, I found a bird's nest in the 

big oak tree behind our house. Dad says it is a 

robin's nest. I climbed halfway up the tree 

just to get a good look inside. There 

were three tiny blue eggs lying in it.

When Dad saw me up in the tree, he told me 

to come back down. I got down from the tree right away.

While I was outside with Mom and Dad, I helped with some yard work that needed to be done. Dad was getting a flower bed ready for Mom. She wanted to plant her favorite flowers in it.

I was picking up trash next to the fence, and 

Mom was raking old leaves that had been in 

the yard since last Fall. We worked for quite a 

while and then decided to sit at the picnic table 

with a cool glass of water. As we sat there, I 

watched the tree with the robin's nest in it to 

see if I could see Mama bird fly back to the 

nest.

We finished up our work outside and went in to 

fix some supper. We all got cleaned up, ate, rested while watching TV, and went on to bed.

Morning came quickly with the sun beaming in 

through the windows. While eating our breakfast 

we talked about what we needed to do for the 

day. Since it was the week-end, we wanted to 

finish the jobs we had started in the yard the day before. 

Dad went outside in the front yard this time to 

do some touch-up painting on the house. He got out a big bucket of white paint to repair some chips along the lower edge of the siding next to the basement windows.

There wasn't a cloud in sight, and it 

looked like it was going to stay that way. As 

Dad painted, Mom and I picked up 

rocks out of the grass near the driveway. We 

moved toys and bikes to the basement, swept 

sidewalks, and gathered fallen tree limbs from the yard.

"We are getting a lot done,"

Dad said.

"Yes, we are," said Mom. "I can't wait to get flowers planted this year. I have some ideas for the vegetable garden too."

Every once in a while I took a break to go back 

and take a peek at the robin's nest without bothering it.

A couple of weeks went by and I did keep an 

eye on that nest. I would climb up to see the 

nest to make sure the eggs were still there. 

Mama bird stayed around and made sure 

nothing or no one bothered her beautiful blue 

eggs.

Then one day after school, I snuck up the 

tree close to the nest. As I got closer, I heard 

little chirps.