This morning I sat quietly on my mom's knee and ate an almond.  I like almonds a lot.  Mom bought a can of unsalted mixed nuts and she lets me pick one out of the can and I always take an almond.  That is, until I eat them all.  Then I go for the filberts or peanuts.  I like nuts a lot.

I've learned some new words and I'm getting really good at saying them.  I say "Stop it!" just like mom does when she's upset with me.  I say "Ouch!" just like dad says when I play too rough.  Mom has been trying to get me to say "Thank You" but that's just crap.  I'm not going to say that.  She might as well give up on that.

My mom and dad took me to Taco Bell!  It was so delicious.  I had lots of nachos and tortilla shell.  I'm totally stuffed right now you guys.  This is going to go straight to my hips. 

*screeches excitedly*

Mom bought me some new toys online!  I'm really stoked.  I can't wait until they come!  *bobs head*

Here are the pictures of them!


It's a wacky ball!  I can't wait to destroy this thing.  I'm salivating just looking at it.

I had a huge bath this morning.  Mom took pictures.  I was embarrassed to bathe in front of the camera but the water felt sooo good I stopped caring.  So here you go.  For my feathered friends these may be NSFW because of my wet feathers so I'll put most of them under a cut.


This was an impromptu bathing.  Mom was brushing her teeth and I found the faucet irresistible.  The water was nice and tepid too.

So I did some charity work today.

Grandma volunteered my dad and I to go to the old folks home to visit the residents and cheer them up.  It was SO cold outside I was glad to get in.  Daddy took good care of me though, he had me all bundled up.  When I got inside the nurses were squeaking about me.  They couldn't stop talking about how pretty my colors were.  Huh, they seem pretty normal to me. 

One lady wanted to pet me but I just wanted to step up.  I stepped up on her hand and she took me in this room.  It seemed like everyone was in a wheelchair.  The lady started talking about me like she knew who I was.  What's up with that?  I didn't even know this lady, I just wanted to sit on her hand.  I was a little bit nervous because I didn't know her but Dad gave me a peanut so I was cool with it.  Come to find out the lady was allergic to peanuts and she nervously gave me back to Dad.  That's where it got fun.

He asked me if I could say "hi" so I said "hi."  He asked me to say "Hi Charlie" so I said "Hi Charlie."  I went through my whole rendition.  Everyone was very impressed. 

The ladies just wanted to know how old I was.  One even asked ten times, I swear.  What's their obsession with age?  Dad kept telling her I was one and a half years old and she'd say, "Oh really?"  two minutes would pass and she'd ask him again.

They wanted to see my wings so dad lifted me up in the air and I flapped.  I flapped really good.  They were SO impressed.  Some of them wanted to touch me and they were so nice I just let 'em.  I am a very gentle boy.

I swear I haven't heard that many people tell me I'm pretty in my whole life.  A couple of people asked if I was even real.  It made me feel puffed.  No one was afraid of me either.

One lady asked if I could fly around. That's when I got to show off!  I've never done this with anyone else, but today was a special day.  Grandma held me and just like I've been practicing at home, she flipped her wrist and said, "GO!" and I flew across the room right to Dad.  Everyone was in awe and wanted to see me do it again.  I flew three times!  By the third time I almost landed on one ladies' head because I was getting tired!

After the flying we left that room and we visited a few other patients who couldn't make it to that room.  They were friends of grandma's.  They were happy to see me that day. 

On our way out grandma asked the nurse's office if anyone wanted to hold a bird.  Psssh, give me some credit grandma, I'm a MACAW.  One lady jumped from behind her desk, practically with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh my gosh!  Yes!"  She held me and said I made her whole week.  Yeah, I'm pretty much a big deal.

Hey Everybirdy!

GUESS WHAT?  Mom and Dad left me home all afternoon the other day and I was stuck in my cage and I got bored with all my toys so I decided to play on the bottom grate.  I figured out that if I push reeeaaalllly hard I can slide the heavy grate out (it's removable for when my mom cleans my cage, I've seen her do it).  I got it out far enough so I could slip underneath and get out of my cage.  I had SO much fun.  Unfortunately, getting the grate to slide out is easier than getting it to slide back in.  So, I got caught.  My parents came home and found me on the top of the cage with the telltale grate slid out.  I stayed cool.  I was nonchalant about it, said "hi" all smooth like.  I think they were impressed.

P.S. OMg craisins are the shizznit.  They are so delicious.  I've eaten like, 15 of them already.  For reals.

Hey Everybirdy!

I got nudged.  Actually it caught me off guard because I was on one foot and it kind of knocked me off balance.  But thanks

sabr!  I really needed to update.  

I'm getting a new tailfeather in.  I'm excited and have been taking really good care of it.  It's kinda itchy sometimes.  I also have new wing feathers coming in.  Now when I'm startled I actually take off into the air instead of thunking onto the floor! 

I got my nails clipped on Sunday.  I was not happy.  I made sure mom and dad knew I wasn't happy about it.  But afterwards we got to go to my grandma's house and they fed me lots of peanuts and trail mix.  I also drank some foamy punch and the foam stuck to my beak.  It was really yummy.

I'm making something for my mom and dad for Christmas.  Shhhh.....don't tell them what it is.  I'll give you a hint....it's green and white!

Mom has been calling me her "big blue moon turkey" lately.  I'm not sure why.

I've been a pretty good boy considering how busy my parents are.  I keep hearing talk about exams and photography stuff.  Mom & dad have been trying to get me out every day but I don't get out too much because they've been rushing around and ignoring me.  They never feed me either. 

Oh!  Thanks SO much to littlereddolland simongreenpantsfor the toys!  Mom hung the ladybug in my cage and I'm having a BLAST destroying it.  It's been keeping me almost as busy as my parents are with their stuff.  Mom hung it on a chain with these plastic rings.  littlereddoll, if you were here right now I'd so regurgitate for you.

Speaking of regurgitating, I did that for my mom yesterday but she didn't seem as impressed as I'd hoped.  I tried kissing her after I did it and she got this really disgusted look on her face and she told me I was stinky :(  I think deep down she was flattered.

Hey Everybirdy!

Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving?  I did. Well, most of the time anyway.  Mom and dad were gone a lot, but I got to get some stuff done I've been meaning to do, like destroy that yellow whiffle ball that was hanging in my cage.  I successfully turned it into a pile of plastic shards at the bottom of my cage.  It was a lot of work, but I feel very accomplished.

I had a bowl of cereal this morning.  It was really tastey.  I don't get it very often so I savor every morsel when I do.  Mom gave me Honey Clusters in my special cereal bowl with soymilk.  When she gave it to me my eyes pinned and I said, "MMmm!  Want some?  Goooood."  I liked to balance of lightly sweetened flakes with the crunchy nutty clusters.

Mom and I are going to do some laundry this afternoon.  I love riding downstairs in the laundry basket.  I really really want to jump in the washing machine but mom won't let me.  It looks like so much fun!  I mean come on, I'm a macaw!  There's water!  I naturally want to be in it!

Mom left a roll of paper towels next to my cage.  Anyone who knows me knows that I think paper towels are the best thing on the planet.  Whenever I see mom cleaning with one I throw a fit until she gives me a paper towel of my own.  I like to tear them up a lot!  I was out of my cage and I couldn't resist the roll on the floor.  I carried the sheets up to the top of my cage where I could be nice and comfy while I shredded.  I did it while mom and dad weren't looking but I got caught in the act.

I am a very grumpy boy today.  I woke up on the wrong side of the cage.  When mom gets home from class every day, she gets me out and we play and I help her do housework.  Today I didn't want to come out which is unlike me, mom says.  I lunged at her and made sure she knew I didn't want to come out.  She really wanted me to help her do laundry (I'm good at folding socks) but I just didn't want to.  I'm having a bad day.  I just want to stay in my cage and sulk.

Mom put a new toy she had been saving in my cage and that cheered me up a little bit.  I thrashed at the big copper bell attached to it and that took care of some of my frustrations.

I don't know.  It's just not my day.  My feathers are itchy but I don't want my wingpits scritched and I'm hungry but I don't want to eat my pellets.  I want pizza, or spaghetti.

I can pop the keys off mom & dad's keyboard really good.  Kachunk!  There goes ctrl!  Paching!  There goes Alt!  Wheeee!

I had a huge bath today.  I did it while  mom was washing dishes.  I sat on the dish rack and terrorized the dishes.  Mom filled a cup with water and poured it over me.  It made me really happy.  I was soaked! 

Mom let me have some cinnamon roll afterwards because I was a really good boy.  She was eating one and I bobbed my head and said, "want some?" and I got a bite!  My parents are suckers for when I talk.

I'm not sure why, but I got really riled up this afternoon and I upset mom.  She was trying to work and I was being a butt.  I didn't want her to work!  I wanted her to pay attention to meeeeeeee!  The whole world is supposed to revolve around me.  I'm big and bright and loud and I demand attention!  NOW!

So mom told me I was being bad and went to take me downstairs and she fell.  She fell halfway down the flight of stairs and it really scared both of us.  I landed okay because I can fly but mom slid down on her butt and back so she's sore.  I hung out in my cage afterwards most of the evening. 

I can't wait until my toys arrive!

Mom says I have been a very bad boy today. I had to go back to my cage this morning because I was screaming and throwing my food everywhere.

I got up on Miss Megapixel's cage stand, which I'm not supposed to be on and then I didn't let mom get me down without copping a major attitude. Pfft. She can't tell me what to do. Rules are stupid. I like chewing on the curtains by Pixel's cage. I can't reach them any other way. Her stand is also a lot higher than anything else in the room and I feel like the boss up there. It pissed me off when mom made me get off the stand. I tried my best to bite her but she was too fast.

I knew I was in trouble when she started carrying me downstairs and telling me, "No Charlie. You're being a bad boy. You go downstairs." I've learned that when she says, "downstairs" I've been bad.

Pssh, whatever.

I got bored today. Mom and dad were gone a long time. When they got home, I made sure they knew I was indignant about being left home all day. I threw my food bowl because I ate all the good stuff out.

Mom ordered me some new toys on ebay. She showed them to me and I'm all excited.  Wanna see?