"Utah 4th" aka July 3rd

For the "4th" this year we hung out with Ben's family. We made it to the parade in the morning (late because Ben told me the wrong time). Then went to Mom & Dad Clegg's for breakfast. Here are Ben and I in our sexy Christmas looking aprons cooking bacon, and our sister-in-law Kandis making syrup. Kandis and Rob had an excellent recipe for Buttermilk Syrup. It tasted like caramel on your pancakes...yum!! I need to get that from them...(Rob, if you're reading this, e-mail that recipe to me...thanks!)

Here is Jake cooking outside.

Taking a rest after breakfast.

At 5 we go to Ben's Grandpa Chuck's house for a BBQ, then his Grandpa reserves the Deseret Peak Complex Pool for the family from 8-10. At 10 we hop out and watch the Tooele Fire work show right above us. We're cool and it's awesome.

A couple days ago Ethan said he did not want to wear his diaper anymore. He wanted big boy underwear. I put some old underwear of Ryan's on him to see if he would really pull through. Well, he told me he had to pooh, went on the toilet himself and pooped. I was so proud!! We went to Target that night to get him a "pooh toy" (a toy for when you pooh for the first time in the toilet), and he picked out some new Mickey Mouse and Toy Story underwear. He's been doing pretty good. He usually says he has to potty after he's already trickled a little in his undies. But he's working on it. He did go potty in the toilet once today. We made a big deal about it and he got to pick from the "Potty Bucket".

The "Potty Bucket".

I fill the bucket with small toys, treats, and stickers. He gets to choose ONE for every time he pees in the toilet. The bigger toy (the basket) is for when he poops. He still wears a diaper for nap time and at night (until I get to Costco to buy some pull ups).

Here's hopin' he'll be potty trained soon...

p.s. if any of you have any awesome potty training tricks. please send them my way.