Humming bird

I recently told you about the robin nest above our front door. Well last weekend I noticed a hummingbird nest outside our master window. I don't know about you, but I've never seen a hummingbird nest before. It is really small and really cool. I'm amazed at how a bird with no
hands could build such a thing. It somehow wraps around the tree and looks like it is made from white mud. Anyway here is the best picture I can get of it and the mamma inside. There is two eggs inside but I don't have a pic of them. We can only see them when it rains and pulls
the branch down. Two birds nests, in one year, that must be a good omen.

First haircut

Shaun has been bugging me to get cecilia's hair cut for months now. I
have been scared to do it because I love her curls. But my friend got
her daughters hair cut by a girl in our last ward and it looked really
good. So I decided to go for it. It will grow out right? I was
surprised how similar it was to getting my own hair cut. She has so
much hair! Look how long it is in this picture! We only cut off a
little from the bottom and made some layers which should help with the
frizz problem. Lets see how long it takes Shaun to notice.

swimming

As you may remember Cecilia and I were in a parent-tot swimming class. Well she has outgrown it. It has been time to move her to private lessons for a while but I've been enjoying our time together. I finally decided to move her when she starting singing the songs with us in the pool and the other kids in the class are less than half her age. We have had a couple of private lessons so far. Last week she had her first male instructor and screamed the entire lesson. It was a complete waste of time and money. I was quite surprised because I've never seen her react to men like that but it was apparent that was the problem. But this week she had the owner of Swim Kids sub in. Of course she is the best teacher and Cecilia would be swimming on her own in no time if this lady taught every lesson. There was just something about her that exuded confidence and Cecilia did what ever she asked. Cecilia has come close to floating on her own before, but watch this. I'm so proud of her!

Powdered donut face

Wednesday we went to what felt like the first real BBQ of the summer. I guess what made it feel like that was because it was at a park, of course grilled food, and lots of people chatting while their kids are running around playing. Cecilia has decided to stop napping. I was really hoping she would take one that day since we would keep her up for this party, but she didn't cooperate. Once we got there and she starting running around I decided to let loose and make this a "special" day. Keep her up past her 6 pm bedtime (no naps remember) and let her eat junk food for dinner. She was actually really well behaved and pretty much entertained herself the whole time. Which was surprising given her tired nature and affinity for latching onto mommy's leg in unfamiliar situations. She did find one little boy to play with and they had a good time running around screaming. She ate watermelon and chips for dinner and topped it off with a powdered donut smeared all over her face below. In the end I reminded myself this is what summer is all about, running around playing and eating junk food for dinner. Yeah for summer, don't ever leave me!