Highlights from the 4th

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend! We didn't camp this year over the holiday so we got to enjoy things close to home this time around. The boys enjoyed their 1st fireworks show. The last 2 years Tank has been sleeping by the time fireworks came around so he missed them. He was quite impressed with them though for his 1st show. He would see them shoot off and scream..."oh no, oh no!" in anticipation and then clap when they burst in the air. Bubby sat back and watched in true Bubby fashion. I expected him to get scared at the loud ones but they didn't bother him a bit.
They enjoyed 2 more parades to bring their count up to 4 in the past 3 weeks. Tank has gathered more candy than 10 children need. Lucky for me though he just likes collecting it and doesn't ask for it after we get home. So it will stay as a treat or maybe potty time rewards. Speaking of...we're still working slowly towards that goal. He's had a couple successes in the bathroom but we're far from winning that battle yet.

Bubby is now up on all 4's and rocking back and forth. He's still only pushing backwards though. No forward crawling yet. Which is again, fine with me! He thinks he's hot stuff though when he gets up and rocks.

Tank now thinks that he can just open the fridge and help himself whenever he wants something. The other day I caught him standing with the door open while he ate some rice pudding. This morning I walked in on a messy yogurt binge. He bit through the foil top enough to suck out about 1/2 of the container before I found him. The mangled foil made my teeth hurt just looking at it.

If you get a chance, send good vibes and prayers our way for tomorrow. Daddy has a 2nd interview for a job he's trying to land so we're wishing him the best in the morning. Hopefully after that we will be heading to Des Moines for Tank's 1st trip to Adventureland. Bubby will stay home with Aunt Megan so Tank can have a special day alone with mommy and daddy. I'm sure I'll have some good stories and pics to share from that trip!

Have a good week everyone! I'll be thinking of everyone while I'm enjoying my vacation week! :)