JDS5607 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Dear Sully, Mommy and Daddy love you very very very much. We love to clean up after you, smoosh up bananas and hide them in your peanutbutter and buy the best of the best veggies so you're healthy. We love taking an hour out of every day to clean your cage, give you a shower (while becoming soaked ourselves) and check out all your toys to make sure they are safe. We love attempting to calm you down during a temper tantrum, fighting with you to get back earrings you have snatched from our ears while we weren't paying attention, and stepping in birdie poo at 3 am when we come out to get a drink in the middle of the night. We love separating you from the tail of poor Gizmo...and running after you when you are attempting to steal the cash that was sitting on the counter, and soda caps I am constantly dropping on the floor. We really enjoy watching you scream in delight at the twirly toy in your cage, and love making you the same toy over and over and over again because you broke the last one. But most of all, we LOVE hearing you honk, whistle, squeal, scream, giggle, chatter, laugh and tweet. With that being said... can I PLEAAAAAAAAAAASE sleep past sunrise?? Like I said, I LOVE to hear you trying to learn to talk... but Mommy is very very tired, and we stay up late at night playing and talking so you can sleep all the way through the night! But remember... after you go to sleep, Mommy still has to clean up the fifty million toys we played with All of your brothers and sisters have mastered keeping quiet past about 7 am... I would love an extra half hour of sleep!!! Please consider? Love, A very tired Mommy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara2 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 So far we've been very fortunate. Our older birds don't start making noise until they hear someone up and moving around. Since Neo is still a baby, we are not hearing him in the morning. I don't know if we can count on that continuing once he gets older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 That is such a sweet letter to Sully, boy he doesn't know how much he is really loved and it is heart warming to hear how you feel about him, he is such a precious gift and may you always feel so lucky to have him in your life, thanks for sharing that letter with us, you are truly blessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdnut Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Enjoyed the sweet letter to Sully. Moussa's cage is on an east-facing wall near a window, and as soon as the sun hits that window in the morning, he starts ringing his bell for service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I love it! Thanks for the smile today!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Did you stick the note on Sully's cage while he wasn't looking and then run away? Sweet letter and I totally enjoyed reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingles Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Ok Sully, you gotta listen up to your mommy's note to you! Now, sleep! I can totally relate...and I so feel for you! Although, it's not any one of my two birds, it's one of my dogs who gets up 1-3 times a night (she HATES the dark, btw) and my 4 year old daughter! Would a darker cage or room help him sleep a bit longer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDS5607 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 HEE HEE Thanks everyone! Jingles- He's right by the patio door, on the wall facing the east... so he gets sun FIRST! lol, we've tried covering him... but I think he's afraid of the dark? He sleeps with a nightlight on in his room... and when I forget to turn it on, he honks til I remember. And his cage is too big for any other room Lol, we'll deal with it. I'm hoping maybe as he gets older and his vocab expands, he'll start talking, instead of screaming like Tarzan! But, if not... who needs sleep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Loved your letter to Sully Jenn!!!! I feel truly blessed, my birds are pretty quiet in the AMs unless I really oversleep. 11 am or so. Occasionally Ana Grey will practice her vocabulary but I love to listen to her. So have you gotten a reply yet???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDS5607 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 Lol, no reply as of yet. We'll see how it goes tomorrow morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral&Andrew Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 That is such a sweet letter to Sully, boy he doesn't know how much he is really loved and it is heart warming to hear how you feel about him, he is such a precious gift and may you always feel so lucky to have him in your life, thanks for sharing that letter with us, you are truly blessed. Couldnt of said it better myself thanks for sharing - so sweet !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Dearest Mother, Thank you for explaining your side of the story, but how many times have I had to tell you how much work it takes me to put ALL those toys in precisely the proper arrangement. When the light of day uncovers your treachery of destroying my hard work, I must tell you once more to let me out of this confounded contraption. It is going to take the entire day of work for me to put them back. Unfortunately that means you must hurry to set me free so I can get started at my earliest convenience. They told me that humans are very bright and eager to be trained, but it seems I may have to call in reinforcements for my efforts. Love, Sully LOL. I couldn't help myself. Soon we will change the clocks and perhaps that will help. Your letter made me laugh today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara2 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Unfortunately the clock change will make it worse. When Sully thinks that it is 7 o'clock, it will really only be six o'clock. (Really sorry to be the bearer of such bad news!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDS5607 Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Dearest Mother, Thank you for explaining your side of the story, but how many times have I had to tell you how much work it takes me to put ALL those toys in precisely the proper arrangement. When the light of day uncovers your treachery of destroying my hard work, I must tell you once more to let me out of this confounded contraption. It is going to take the entire day of work for me to put them back. Unfortunately that means you must hurry to set me free so I can get started at my earliest convenience. They told me that humans are very bright and eager to be trained, but it seems I may have to call in reinforcements for my efforts. Love, Sully LOL. I couldn't help myself. Soon we will change the clocks and perhaps that will help. Your letter made me laugh today. HAHAHAHAH!!! I think that's exactly how Sully would react to me. He is currently fighting with my husband over the honey dipper we bought him, and attempting to hide it under the couch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) My Corky would read the letter and than grade it like a teacher would. Then she would give me an F for not trying hard enough. Edited October 13, 2010 by Ray P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzie Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Earplugs are a great invention. I work 4 nightshifts a week, and with summertime coming up here in New Zealand, if it wasn't for earplugs I think I would get no sleep at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingles Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 you are so right! Sleep is over rated! lol... My dog who gets me up all the time, actually slept last night! All night...granted, we didn't go to bed until 12:30, but she didn't get me up 1 hour after we went to sleep... However, my daughter decided to put her milk cup (covered with a lid/straw) on my hip last night...so, i got woken up with cold milk seeping through my comforter, me and finally the sheet and onto the mattress. all I can do is laugh about it! it could be worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara2 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 What do people in Alaska do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malikah Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Wow, good question Barbara2! I'd have to have the window shades like in that movie The Holiday. I'm so lucky, Kito just jabbers away pleasantly and plays with her toys in her sleeping cage until I go get her. I think it helps that she and Charlie are in a separate room with the door closed. Their windows face south and west which helps a bit too I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acappella Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I'm also really lucky with Dorian. He seems to know the mornings when I'm feeling really rough, and has always let me sleep in when I need to, as long as I go to him as soon as I wake up. He'll even let me nap during the day without making a sound, even if he's on a playstand right beside me. I always make sure to thank him and give him a 'good boy' treat when I'm up and around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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