Day Two at Cockatoo Camp
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Leigha’s report on Day 2
Wow..we got throught the night OK..some of the babbies cried a lot..but Blew gave them some corn..and then they were just fine..little Savannah was so homesick for her mommy..but she'll do fine now that she knows we'll take care of her..Popcorn and Mackie have it all under control..there were TV's with 6 remotes in each cabin..OK..so now there are 6 buttonless remotes in each cabin.. So for today..we have lots to do..The texas-toos are going to teach us horseback riding..and rope tricks.. Bingo sure looks sharp in his chaps..and those Stetson hats..man I want one of those.. We're all going swimming at the lake later..Kona brought my Speedo...So I'm off..the other toos and guests will be posting throughout the day to update you humans on our activities..so standby..
Blew pipes
up: Everybody is up brite and early, reddy for tha day! Miss Scarlet is comin
by taxi....I know she's RL's sweetheart, but I still wanna give 'er a peck on da
cheekie :)
Everybody is whisperin' over their oatmeal sumpin 'bout some celebritties....heard
sumpin 'bout Mattie Sue an Rosemary an mebbe Sam...dunno if its for realz or
what....
Leigha’s explanation: Well Gee, Blew..you kind of let the cat out of the bag..so now we'll have to play Uncle Dancer's version of Badkitton..who has those rackets..hehehehehehe.. I'm soooo funny...But you don't have it just quite right..those humans themselves won't be here..but their own birds are making a special appearance..they'll be giving us a lecture on how they trained their people..Not exactly sure when..but it will be during one of the evening sessions..Will you be instructing the macrame' class this week??
Blew loves Badkitten! Woo woo!! hee hee....No paddles for dat! Just BITE 'EM wif da BEEKIE! HEE HEE..so bad....I think I be better suited to gibs some advises 'bout how to unscrew stuff. How to pop out da food dishes an now to unscrew the locking crockz an stuff...mebbe the goffins shud help on dat one, too....I think mebbe Rayban is a better one for tha macrame - reverse macrame I think...how to untie knots...dem greyz is ACE at that stuffs.... Tanks for clearin' dat up...was gettin a lil nerbous thinkin those psycho-lojical bird peoples was comin.....hard ta fool 'em.....
Casper, Niles, Winnie and Annabelle...stoked and ready!
We're here, we're here, we're here, we're here..... Hey, this is great!!! We brought our speedos too although Niles is shy and brought his boxer. Not sure what Annabelle brought, maybe a looong speedo.
Leigha in charge eases Mama Shauna’s mind: Don't worry Auntie Shauna, by the end of the week Niles will be over his shyness..and Annabelle will be in a string bikini..THe last time I saw Casper..he was eating an ice cream cone..with chocolate ice cream..singing Rock and Roll to every one...Wheee..Gotta run...archery class is next..
Merlin offers to help with the kids, too: Tee hee - dat's right - dat wuz choclit on da ice cream cone - honest! Yep dat's what it wuz all right. See Auntie Shauna, dere was some naughty too's what wuz spreadin' rumours 'bout me addin' sumfin ta Casper's choclit sauce, but I wuddn' do dat - nope nope nope - not me! I don' ebben gots any Bailey's wiv me! Honest! I dist teachin' him ta sing proper. he he he he ... hic .... hee he Merlin da Magnificent
MACKIE THE
DINOROOOOOOAAAAAR checks in! SPLASSSSSSSH!!! Snicker , hee hee got ya all wet.
Its great havin' ya all here at camp!!! You guys are great! Mackie
Rayban rounds ‘em up for whistlin’ lessons and a lunch reminder! Ok guys an gals! Everybirdy who isn't hiking or horseybackin' c'mon down!!!!! We're all gonna learn "Don' Werry, Be Happy" before lunch! Froot Snax for all, den BBQ FOR LUNCH!
Uh oh – misuse of Charleybird’s Speedo!
Hey mama
Lupe! It a gud ting Lil' Savannie saw dem play wiff it or I'd had to go skinny
dippin'. Can't do dat wiff dees youngin' around!
I had so much fun chewin' dem buttons off da remotey! Woo hoo! An I is sharing
my toys wiff da other birdies! Love, Da Charley Bird
Blew needs tails for the kites.... hee hee don't get too attached to dem speedos kids....kite flying after lunch....then swimming after foods are digested properly....
Okay...WHO DID IT??? To Bingo??? Okay, I just wanna know; which one of you guys short sheeted my perch? Dat was a good one. I think maybe it was Merlin 'cause he was feeling his fruit juice, and I found that margarita fruit juice bottle under my perch. I'll have to think of somethin to ruffle his fedders. Anybody got any ideas? – Bingo
Blew’s ideas for payback..... How about plastic grapes? Rubber Ribs? empty nut shells? Rowboat without oars? Soggy Pez?
Leigha’s got some ideas, too... Let's see you could put fruit juice in his fruit juice bottle..that'll confuse him...now to really make him mad..you can tell him "the great one" was not the world's best hockey player..that gets his feathers in a tither..
Bingo’s payback plan: I'm thinking either the rowboat or the fruit juice in the fruit juice bottle - maybe both at the same time! – Bingo
Don’t get too cocky, Merlin..... Short sheetin' da perch! Heeee heee hee he he he...... Gee whiz Bingo - yew gotta welax! Like da song ..... Don' worry .. Be happy now..... put da wine inna coconut shake it all up ..... doot dooo de dooot de dooooo... dooot de dooooot de doooot de dooooo ..... shake it all up! Wooohooo - I LOVES Camp! Merlin da Magnificent
Ok, Bingo will play along here for a little bit.... Yeah, Merlin, dat was real funny. Hey you wanna go for a boat ride? I'll help you aboard. Why don't you take some of dis fruit juice wit you? Here's your coconut. You have a good time, now, hear? (hehehehe) - Bingo
Yogi is on his way! He missed da pwane...
HiLooooo
Everbirdie! Gosh, I'm wigglin' an flabbin' as fast as I kin to ketchup wif yous
all. I jest know yous habbin alla tat fun wif out me at da camp cockatoo! I won
be needen no swim suit...I jes gets wet in da raw. And, tat celebrbirdy yous
might be finking about is ME! You know my film carrerr came about when my Avie
Vet wanna ta use me ta star in her teaching video. I could maybe even get a
grammy and emmy or eben a tonny. I do my own stunts ya knows and all on one
take!
I has so much ta tell yous tat I'm don know if I can get it all typed wif out
getting a head bobin headake from moms maputer. Wait - a minute....dat button
tastes perty good! mmmmmm
O, k - First, the cool air blowy fing mom calls da xonditioner broke. The fixit
man came and went all up in da attic. When dat happened, mom started findin'
wittle baby bats fallen out onna driveway! She picked dem up and put dem on a
towel in a box. They look so funny jes hangin there up side down! Mom found on
the maputer how to take care of dem and get dem back to der mommies. Den, she
kept getting fone calls from some xpert in Raleigh dat studies such fings. I
fink the wadie xpert works at the wildlife rehababatashon observabtory an she
wants ta come ta our house!
Dat wadie from Raleigh cud hear me over da fone. I was jes tellin mom what ta
tell her in da back ground of der conversashion. Den dat wadie tole mom dat she
wanted to pick her brain about parrots as she and her hubby was gettin one! Dat
took, somethin like....FOREVER!!! I didn't fink they wes ever gonna get off da
fone!
Anyway, I'm flyin' in onna my own wif my wittle back pack and my clipped wings
so it's gonna take me a wittle longer da get der. But, don't worry bout me, I
can't get lost cuz I'm following the flung food trail all da way. Boy, dose
gweys are messy eaters!!!
See you soon!
Yogi
Leigha
encourages him! Hurry up Buddy..can't wait to see you..just take your time..I
know the greys threw grape skins outta plane window for you to follow..they are
messy...
We're having the plane pressure washed today..and several of the caws..See ya
soon..bring a copy of your video...and be prepared to sign autographs...
Mama Shirl is missing Peterbird...
It's so
lonely here..........Peter Bird is off to camp. He took his little lunch pail I
made for him, bag of toys, his favorite swing, and went to camp. It's his first
time away from home!!
No one this morning to say "Hi-yee" as soon as I open an eye, no one to go
downstairs with me to begin the day. It's quiet, no "I'm the Peter Bird!!!"
being shouted to the neighborhood; no "HUHHHHH?" when I go upstairs without him
or loud "Hi-YEEEE!" when I'm out of the room. His cages are clean, the house now
vacuumed and staying that way. The banannas are ripening....what shall I
do....??
BOY, THOSE OTHER BIRDS BETTER NOT CORRUPT HIM!! Now I'm worried; there are some
Greys on this trip. I hope R.L. is his roommate....I know he'll behave....
Hmmmmmm, think I'll do some painting, gardening, maybe take a short
vacation!!!!! I might even.....
Shirl, Mom of the perfect too at camp
Sue is missing Bingo, too
Shirl,
I know just what you mean. This morning about 4:00 a.m. I even thought I heard
this one SQUAWWK coming from the front part of the house, but then I realized I
must have been dreaming because I miss my buddy Bingo while he's off at camp. -
Sue B.
Prajna commiserates... Peter is likely rooming with Bhakti for security reasons and there is no telling what could happen wiht all of the beautiful girl toos around. Bhakti has been a bit hot to trot lately so I hope for your sake Peter doesn't take any hints from Bhakti. Bhakti has been pretty upset about finding out that Millie was a boy as she/he was his first love. So he has been a bit on the rebound hopefully our boys will behave and there will be no little hatchlings to follow.
Cami has a poem for all the too-mommies missin’ their babies!
Downy
feathers in the air
look over there, they're on the chair
I've even got them in my hair
my friends say, "tisk, tisk" but I don't care!
Chop the veggies, peel the fruit,
bake the bread and serve the loot,
clean the cages, wipe down the poo,
why, there's nothing better for me to do!
There are days, I'd sell them to a chum
for an old sock and some bubble gum
but, one step in a shop and I know I'd fall
deep in love with a baby macaw!.......
Mama Cyndie has this to add (what’s she got up her sleeve?????)
A baby
Macaw!
Is that what you say?
This is Tooville...
Oh by the way...
A nap was in order
to celebrate the quiet,
but the dogs started barking,
creating a riot..
Shirl’s contribution:
Because
our 'toos are all away from home,
Cami thought she'd write this little poem!
Yogi's gone to Camp Cockatoo like all the 'toos,
So she's feelin just a little bit blue.
Just like her, my little baby is gone,
But I'm really hoping that he misses his mom.
Those Greys better not corrupt my little boy,
'Cause living with Peter Bird is so much a joy.
Miss Scarlet Has Arrived!
I
finallwee got her and my boyfwen...RL...fwew over tu me reel qwick. RL said he
woves my wed dwess. Its realwee Millie's dwess but she gave it tu me before she
weft for da wainbow bridge. She was my fwen and I tink of da Mills when I werr
her wed dwess.
I trying to help Aunt Shirl by watching dat Peter Bird cuz he is new tu camp. He
is havin fun. Me and da RL keepin an eye on him cuz sum older toos hangin wound
him.
Well, dey callin us for fwuit snak so I gotta go.
We goin to da dance tonite.
Bye,
Miss Scarlet...da Rosebud
Blushie – RL’s reply!
RL not
only woves your wed dwess, he woves you, too, Kiddo.
Let's go to the dance! RL (blushing)
Dancin’ the two step with RL reported by Scarlet!
GOLLEEE
GEE RL...I bin pwacticin my too-step jes so we cud dance at da pwartee. You sure
do wook goo in yur twexedo.
RL...member whinn peeple told us bout da Camp Cockatoo and howl much fun it was?
Well...it is more fun din I ever tought. Specially wove my toe wing dat dee ole
Charleybird gwave me.
I gotta go now and pwactice my swing cuz da RL wants to git on do golf teem
tomorrow. Bye now.
Hugs, Miss Scarlet
Auntie Cyndie replies: Hi Scarlett, Sweetie..I am so glad that RL loves the dress..I know that you do it justice..but honey, you really do need to take it off once in a while..don't wear it in the pool..Satin doesn't hold up well under water..Have fun..and don't drink too much fruit juice..
Rayban’s
evening report: Miss Scarlet truly is a sight to see in dat flashy red party
frock!!!!! Blew is a little taken wif her I think. But he will admire from
afar...RL would bite his feet off he get too close to Miss Scarlet!!!
It was a great day! Kona arrived with his airport junk food and a small riot
broke out to get to those gummy worms! Thanks to Mackie an Popcorn, we had
organized activitees all day, a grand healthy lunch, roasted pine cones
(courtesy of da archery class), Jamie and Savannah are doing just fine, so
excited to be away from home the first time wif all da "big guys." O...gotta
run...they're serving froot cocktails before dinner an dancin'!
Charleybird passes out the toe rings!
Da mama
Lupe had dem inscribed wiff Camp Cockatoo 2002 onna outside. Onna inside is
inscribed...MillieBird wiff a widdle rainbow...
Tonight we gonna Paw-ty in honor ob Miz MillieBird!!! I gots my tropical print
bowtie and cummerbun and I found a kewl walking stick I can chews up wayter! Woo
Hoo Cockatoo!!!
Lub,
Da Charley Bird
Bev’s Zazu is in juvenile hall, Auntie Pam wonders what she did???
Well Pam, Zazu has a permanent room at Juvie Hall. As a matter of fact, I think they are going to name a room after her. LOL
Payback time for Merlin....
I think maybe somebody needs to swim out to Merlin inna rowboat and tow him back in. He seems to wanna come back to Camp. Somethin 'bout somthin being wrong with the fruit juice he took out inna boat. He says it must have gone bad cause it just doesn't have the right zing to it. (hehehe) Gee, look at that boat rock! – Bingo
Leigha isn’t above havin’ some fun at Merlin’s expense, either!
Bingo, Bingo, Bingo..you little practical joker you..Now what will Merlin do when he finds out that you switched his Happy juice for pure froot juice..hehehe....