Beginning of June

We have a bunch of places we want to take the boys over the summer, so we started on our list last week. When the boys have something they need to work on, like cleaning up their room, letting us brush their teeth, not picking their nose, I set up a sticker chart for them and they get a sticker each night when they do whatever the goal is. They used to earn something from the dollar store whenever they got however many stickers I decided when they started the chart - the more annoying I was by whatever they were doing, the more stickers they had to get to earn the prize. Now they earn a trip to one of the places on our list. Last week I took them to the dentist and I knew they would both throw a big fit at the dentist, since that seems to be the reaction they go with every time. So I told them if they were really good about letting us brush their teeth and didn't freak out at the dentist, we could go to the beach right after their appointments. They were so excited, did really good on their goals and when they did start yelling at the dentist, I reminded them we were going to the beach and it kind of worked.  A guy at Bryan's work told him about Spanish Oaks Reservoir, so that was the "beach". 

We went on a Wednesday afternoon and while there were a lot of people there, there was still plenty of room for the boys to run around without kicking sand on too many people. The water was cooooooold, so Jacob was kind of a wuss about it, but Gus kept going in, then coming back out, then going in deeper, the coming back, then going in deeper till he was in up to his chin. Then he needed rescuing, so that was the only time I got in (I'm also a wuss, but the warm sand was so warm). Noah crawled in a few times too. The sand wasn't great for sand castles, but the boys liked digging around in it anyways. 

 Just hanging out. The boys are all about Ninja Turtles lately, so they run around with some foam nun chucks and swords and anything else they can whip around fighting bad guys.

Josh came over with his guitar and did the toddler request hour. Jacob's insisting on listening to "rock" music lately - what that exactly means varies day to day. But Josh was playing a lot of "rock" music so he loved it. Then they started asking for Twinkle Twinkle, Old McDonald, Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, stuff that surprisingly, Josh does not play on a regular basis. But they were satisfied with the results and had fun rocking out.

Last night we went to the Summerfest Parade. This was the first real parade for the boys - we've gone to the Horse parade in Lehi but that's it. They were Soooo. Excited. The dancing was epic.

 Noah's just stinking cute

 So is Gussy