Pool time!

We enjoyed our pool today! It was a delightful 89 degrees outside and we soaked it up. Nana & Bapa bought this pool for Cooper for his birthday and it is fabulous; two-tiered and has a bench up top for mama and a slide to the bottom tier built in... again FABULOUS. I'm sure there will be many pictures of it to follow in the coming summer months.

Hope this finds you well!

Industrious efforts-

For any 'non-believers' out there... here is some proof of Cooper's obsession with the garbage. Luckily for us, we got knew recycle bins and we've been very mindful to rinse out all our recyclables so I have to say, we have the cleanest garbage bin ever! As the pictures will depict, I caught Cooper literally swimming in the recycle bin... he can't get enough of it. At first it was weird, but what-ev, it makes him happy and I know exactly what's in that bin... nothing dangerous or sharp or contaminated for that matter! Mostly just empty cardboard boxes and rinsed out milk jugs. It's still funny to see that he'd rather play with garbage than his own toys... had to share.

In other news... I started the potty training efforts again yesterday. We've had more successes than failures, although there has been plenty of both. I'm optimistic for several reasons but mostly because he doesn't seem to be kicking and screaming at the chore of a trip to the potty every 20-30 minutes. I took some good advice from my friend Amber to concentrate more on him being dry when he's off the toilet and that seems to be doing the trick. Anyone who's ever had a toddler knows they are the sharpest pencil in the box, so the rewarding of candy when he peed in the potty only resulted in him running to the bathroom every 2 minutes only to come back and ask for candy. (What a booger eh?) Anyhoo... we'll keep at it over the long weekend with no real plans to intrude our efforts.

Hopefully your weekend is restful and fulfilling! Take care and check back later.

CHEERS-

AMBER