Potty

Tanner has been starting to show signs of being ready to be potty trained by taking off his diaper, telling me when he is going to the bathroom or wanting to wear underwear like Ethan. This evening he came to me as he was going and told me and then a little later he said he needed to go poo so we put him on the toliet and he went pee and poo no problem. Looks like we will be potty training soon. Hopefully he will be just as easy as Ethan was.

Lake Powell

*Pictures to come*

We had another great year at Lake Powell. The boys had a blast playing in the water, sand and Ethan's favorite was tubing. He has such skill and is so hard to throw off. Tanner prefered the boat rides to being in the water. This year Jared couldn't go so Dad and Danny were able to come and help. The boys were at the perfect age for Lake Powell this year. Everything was just that much easier from the car drive to feeling like they were safe and not going to jump over board. I would say this was one of the more relaxing years for me.

We played lots of Bang in the evenings and went on evening runs which has become a favorite for me. I love boogie boarding and this year Carly and I went behind the jet ski while Joel pulled us a lot. It was a blast!

Brett and Eliza's Wedding

Brett and Eliza had a beautiful sealing and the day seemed to go off without a hitch. The reception was held at the Stake Center and was beautiful. Eliza's mother is a florist so there were huge floral arrangments throughout the reception. Everyone looked so nice in their wedding attire. We took a big Goodman family picture before the sealing but unfortunately it won't upload and we have no wedding pictures to share but it was a very nice day! We are so happy for the new Goodman couple.

First cousin sleepover

On Tuesday we met Laurie and the kids at the California Science Center by USC. The kids all seemed to enjoy it and it was the Brooks' first time there. We watched the diver in the aquarium tank clean and explain the different sea life at the center as well as look at eels, starfish, and jellyfish. The kids enjoyed the science area where they made a craft and dressed up as Astronauts. It's such a neat place and all for free!

We planned for us to meet up there as kind of a half way point and for us to take Clayton home for a cousin sleepover. He stayed with us for two days and everyone did pretty well. We went swimming, to a show at the library, went to McDonalds to play at their huge indoor play ground, and the park. It's just the start of a fun and busy week for us.

Superheroes

The boys have been playing with our new superhero toys and I love it! It still brings me great joy to see Ethan play toys by himself. He has really started to develop more of an imagination and make believe play. We have been doing a sticker chart for a few weeks and it has worked wonders. I have a polite little boy who say Please and thank you a lot more and always wants to help me out.

I want to be a grown up

While doing workbooks with Ethan I complemented him on his great work and told him how smart he is. He says, "I know, that's because I don't want to go to Kindergarten. I want to be a grown up now. I don't want to get shots and wipe myself all the time." So funny, his preschool teacher told the kids they would have to get shots before Kindergarten and Ethan doesn't like to wipe himself after going to the bathroom though he does and knows how. On occasion he tries to get me to help him and I tell him I can't because I won't be at Kindergarten and he needs to do it. It's cute that his biggest worry in life right now is getting shots and taking care of business in the bathroom.

In other new, this week continues to be fun. Yesterday we went to Skirball, a recreation of Noah's ark with a friend in the ward and then went straight to a birthday party of another friend. This morning we are having one of Ethan's preschool friends over for a BBQ and water fun with water balloons and the water worm. Another added bonus has been the mild weather this week.

For the love of the game

For Tanner's nap and bedtime tonight he wanted to wear his baseball hat. We made him take it off but let him keep it in his crib. Well, I guess he has a true love for the game! He also found a winter mitten today and ran around wearing it as if it were his baseball glove.

Today was our first official day with no school and it went well. For Ethan's last day of school yesterday I took the boys to Target to get a slurpee and let Ethan spend his remaining gift card money from our book reading contest. He got Ironman with a really cool ship and a Captain America. Today and yesterday he played so well with them. This morning we worked on reading, writing and math and plan to continue every morning this summer. We went swimming and played outside. I think this will be a great summer.