See this nest? These crazy swallows built their nest on top of the bell for the outside phone. Apparently, it didn’t bother them too much.

Looks like 3 babies, right? WRONG! I went out there the other day and said “hi babies” and 6 of them flew out. They’ve gone now, nest is empty.

It’s been fairly warm some days, so we’ve been trying to get outside and play as much as we can. The other days, it’s stormy and cold, so it’s kind of hard to make plans.

Abby likes the awning on the deck. It really makes a huge difference in how cool the house stays.

“Oh hey. You missed some crumbs here. Let me get that for you.”

Bailey is definitely more into playing with Katie, follows her everywhere but babies definitely have their advantages.

This little girl thinks that it’s the greatest day ever when she gets to play in the sprinkler. Good thing we have a lot of grass to water. I’d take more pictures, but I can’t get her to hold still long enough. The water at this house isn’t as cold as the water at the last house, so it’s a lot better for playing in.

Then we come in, and Katie feeds Abby her supper while I cook for the rest of us. She does a pretty good job at it, and she’s so thrilled to be able to help.

Remember this chubby baby?

She seems to have misplaced her cheeks. I don’t think she’ll ever lose that grin though. Amazing what a couple months of crawling will do for a kid. She’s also gained more than 2 inches in length between these two pictures.

We were at the lake yesterday with some friends. We had a blast. Definitely need to get ourselves a beach umbrella, but we had tons of fun. Katie played in the water, and the sand, and the water some more. She went in up to her armpits and even fell a few times and dunked herself, but she popped right back up and kept on going. Abby ate sand, and chewed on a shovel. She sat in the water for a bit, but then a boat drove by and the waves scared her and we couldn’t talk her into getting back in.

Then somebody dug a hole, and the bucket brigade decided that it needed to be filled.

These girls were so tired that they were both asleep within about 20 minutes of us getting home.