Birds, Dancing, Movies, and Natalie says

Here are some random things from our month of June.  We've had a nest right above our front door the whole month.  We had some birds build a nest a few months ago, but aparently, they weren't very talented nest builders because both their eggs ended up falling out and breaking.  Kind of sad.  But our most recent bird build a very nice nest and sat there day and night until her babies hatched.  I first noticed the babies on the 28th, but I think they had probably been there (under the mother) for longer than that because they weren't very small babies.

This cute little guy...

really is the most awesome dancer in the world.  I was going to take a video with my phone to post on here so you could see for yourself, but I discovered that my newer phone doesn't do videos!  So you will just have to believe me.  All babies are cute when they dance.  But I have to laugh out loud every time I see Damon dance.  He moves just his hips back and forth from side to side.  Usually, his hands will be on something and he will stick his little bum out and then his hips will go all the way to one side then bump all the way over to the other side.  Back and forth.  It is so funny.  And it never gets old.  His vocabulary is also expanding.  He says "cracker" very well.  He annunciates "no" so well that sometimes I can't tell if one of the other kids said it.  Oh, and "stop!"  is one of his new favorites.  He usually says this-- not when something is being done to him, but when Natalie and Kelton are doing something to each other, or if they are fighting.  Hmmm, do you think he hears me say that to them several (hundred) times a day?  He even has the intonation down.  It makes me laugh.

Last Saturday (which I guess was technically in July) I took Natalie and Kelton to see Cars 2 in the theater.  It was the first time any of us had seen a movie in 3D.  Nate stayed home with Damon.  He wasn't too sure about watching a 3D movie because he was afraid it might trigger a migraine.  I have to say, I wasn't all that impressed with the 3D.  It was okay, but I think the technology still has a ways to go.  And the glasses are a little more than annoying.  Natalie liked the movie--she's easy to impress.  I saw her checking over the top of her glasses a few times to make sure things weren't really coming out of the screen toward her.  Kelton was not so sure.  I can't tell if he likes seeing movies in the theater.  Or maybe this movie was a little too intense, or maybe he just wasn't too happy to miss his nap.  He was really good during the whole movie, but this is him shortly after we got home...

Then yesterday (hmm...also not in June) Natalie and I had some funny conversations.  We were playing Uno and I looked over at her and it just hit me how pretty she is.  So I said,

"Natalie, you are so beautiful."
N: "Yeah, and I'm so tan too."
Me: (I laughed) "Yes, you are so tan."  (she tans very quickly playing outside in the sun)
N: "Except I wish that I was peach like you, and not tan."

If only the rest of the world felt that way... :)  Actually, I really stopped caring a long time ago about having tan skin.  I will just have to start pointing out to people that my legs aren't white.  They're peach.  Sounds better.

Then, when I took Natalie in to her room at bedtime, I said,

"Guess what we are going to do tomorrow?"
N: "What?"  (real excited)
Me: (motioning with my arm to her messy floor that was cleaned the day before) "This."
N: (somewhat jokingly) "But I didn't do it.  Damon did."
Me: "Damon didn't do this."
N:  "Yes he did.  He's out of control!"