First Fish!

The boys have really loved fishing lately. One afternoon we took off to feed the ducks some bread..... 

 

 

The fish were eating the bread just as quick as the ducks were. So we drove the boys jeep back home and ran to get the fishing poles and daddy! (Mommy doesn't take fish off of the hooks)

 

We set up the fishing poles......

 

Daddy hooked on and then let Brooks reel it in all by hisself!! I love his face here....he was so excited!

 

And he was so proud!!

 

He even picked it up and threw it back in the water!!

 

Great job Brooks!

Potty Training Update

Potty Training Update at last!!

 

I am sure you are wondering if the boys are potty trained yet, well the answer is obviously NO, but we made a huge leap of progress this weekend!!

 

We had a long weekend due to the 4th of July so everyone wore their big boy pants and we struggled through the pee on the floor, couch, and beds and poop in the pants (luckily we had none of that on the floor)!! 

 

I think it helped that they both did it together! Brooks is in the stage where he has to do everything Cade does, so it really encouraged him to use the potty.  I know I know, I am crazy for trying to train both at once, but hey, sometimes it's just best to knock it all out at once, right??!! 

I mean I have seriously tried every other trick in the book and the potty has defeated me for so long that I was up for anything at this point! 

 

 

To my surprise, they both did really great!! Cade has done great at home for a while now. But he just refuses to use any potty but "Mommy's potty". So daycare has been our struggle for the past few months. He kicks and screams if you try to get him to potty on the daycare toilet. We have learned recently that Cade has become very stubborn. Hmm, wonder where he gets that from??!! Fir example, with swimming and potty training he refuses to do it even though he is very capable until HE is ready or is made to do it out of necessity. So since we used big boy pants all weekend, I sent him to school in them this morning and we had a long talk about using the potty. I was hoping since he knew he didn't have a diaper on it would force him to have to use the potty and so....He had ZERO accidents....he finally used the potty!!!! WAHOO!! One giant leap for the potty trainer!!

 

Brooks has actually been the opposite, he will go at daycare and then he doesn't want to go at home. However, he did awesome this weekend. He found a new hobby of pooping in the potty and he wants to show me EVERY time he does it!! He seriously poops like 10 times every day...but he didn't have one accident all weekend, which was HUGE for him!! Brooks only had one small accident at the very end of the school day...makes me a proud momma!! 

 

Funny story....I told him to use the potty, so he went in the 1/2 bath and shut the door. After a few seconds of silence I called his name.....no answer....I opened the door to this little scene!!!! I must admit I did chuckle a little and then grabbed the camera!! Caught in the act....what is it about TP that they just can't resist???!!!

 

 

I can say I was very proud of both of my boys this weekend!! After struggling so long with potty training, especially with Cade, I feel a huge victory against the potty today!! We made great progress! Hopefully he has overcome his fear of the potty at daycare and they will both continue to make progress until NO MORE DIAPERS!!!!!

 

They made mommy and daddy so proud today by being such big boys so we took them out for an ice cream treat after dinner!! 

Stay tuned!!

Dani Summer Update

Dani said she has been having a great summer so far in San Angelo at her mom's house!!

 

The first half of the summer she attended the SABA and performed "The Wizard of Oz". She had three roles in the play, a Jitterbug, a Tree and a Poppy. She practiced every day all day for a whole month and then the performance was June 30th.

 

They went on a little vaca and she sent me these pics...

This is her new friend she met at camp

 

 

They had a couple of silly dress days at camp. This was for superhero day. She was Dani-girl! She said she won an award for being most creative!

 

And this was one day where they got to run through a color maze....

She came back for a short weekend visit over Father's day. The boys were so excited to pick her up from the airport....

 

Here she is with another one of her friends at camp....

 

This is her mirror in the dressing room that she decorated....

 

And this is her tree costume for the play

 

This was her costume for being an "ozian"...

 

 

And here she is with the flowers we sent her. Since we couldn't make it for the performance, we had flowers delivered to wish her luck! We can't wait to watch the DVD!

 

And lastly here is the "summer fun package" we sent her at the beginning of the summer to get her through the summer without us. Although we know she is having so much fun, we wanted to send a few things to help her remember us and have some added fun!!

 

 

She has also been working hard on her math lessons for the advanced math program she placed in at the end of the school year last year. She is also practicing her swimming techniques in hopes of making the middle school swim team next school year! We are looking forward to July 24th when we get her back home for good!!

 

Until then.....

Dani Weekend

Dani was in town for the weekend!!

 

We took off one afternoon and went shopping together.....

 

 

We played hard outside as the weather permitted.....

 

Daddy took her on a date to Cheesecake Bistro one night.....

 

We went to church and then had a fun filled afternoon fishing and feeding the ducks....

 

 

 

This duck wanted the bread so bad he took it from Cade's hand!! Cade wasn't too sure about it.....

 

These ducks were not shy at all to come near you and take the bread.....

 

 

We were supposed to go ride 4-wheelers, but the weather would not cooperate, so daddy emprovised and took the boys for a quick "dit" (dirt) bike ride....

Even Buzz Lightyear went along for a ride!

 

Great weekend...only 2 weeks and 2 days until she is back home from the summer visitation in San Angelo!!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July from the Heberts!

 

 

We had a fun day attending a birthday party and then a cookout at the Gould's house! We planned to stay to watch the fireworks, however, Cade HATES fireworks, so we wound up leaving once they started. Oh well, maybe next year!

 

We hope you and your family had a happy and fun 4th of July!!

A weekend with Dad...

The last weekend in June I had a beach trip scheduled with some girls....so the boys spent the weekend with dad!

 

 

First night they had a play date with their best buddies. Heather and I went on the beach trip together, so all of the boys got together and had a fun night.

 

The next day Dad got them dressed all cute. They played at the house that morning and then went to the camp in Lake Charles for the afternoon and spent the night.

 

I think daddy waited a little too late to serve lunch, or they played too hard!! Either way, someone couldn't hang!

 

 

They had fun at the camp. Sorry for the minimal pics, but these are just the shots I received at the beach....which I must admit are waaaay more than I normally get!!

 

 And when mommy got home they got their treats!! Alligators and Cade got a jet and Brooks got a motorcycle. Which of course they later fought over!!

 

 

 

It was a great weekend of relaxation for me and the boys seemed to have a great time! Dad always does a great job when I leave. I even came home to a picked up house, dishes done, and laundry folded....I could get used to that!

 

Until next time....