Unwanted Visitor, part 2 and Sick Kids

If any of you remember this post, you know I don't like animals that aren't ours hanging around my house. Well, this time, we have a couple of pigeons trying to build a nest in our roof. For some reason, the builders left a tiny crevice in our roof, perfect for a bird's nest. We are in the process of getting in touch with them about it, but that is another story.
At first we thought they were doves. "Oh, how cute, we have a dove nest on our roof." Yeah well, even if they were doves, the honeymoon phase has ended. They have been making all sorts of noise that we can hear in our room, bathroom, and especially our closet, and we are sick of it! It seems like they have been having wrestling matches at 2 am in that little crevice.

Not only have we had to deal with the weird noises, we have TONS of bird droppings on our roof now. Peter got a good look at the big poopy mess when he put up our Christmas lights. (By the way, thanks, Peter!) The nest area is situated right above the walkway to our front door, so the poop droppings often fall down. There are usually a few nasty droppings on the path, but lately, there have been piles. These birds sure are making themselves at home.

Well, our kind neighbor got up there for us and shoved a rolled-up tarp into the crevice when the birds were gone, so we have a temporary fix until the builders get back to us. The problem is that we can still hear noises, so now we're thinking we trapped them in there. Thank goodness the hole doesn't continue into our attic or anything, so there's no way that the birds could actually enter our home. The builders just got a little lazy with finishing the roof, I guess.

In other news, Jonah and Levi have been battling the weirdest colds ever. Jonah his back to having night terrors too. Levi only has a runny nose and cough, but Jonah has had a fever for a day or two with no other symptoms. He doesn't want to eat much, and has been having a hard time sleeping at night. So, sorry if anyone who has seen us lately has sick kids too!