Sarah loves waffles

Sarah loves waffles, originally uploaded by leslie_capron.

Sarah was cracking me up this morning with her waffle. She loves them.

Of course we had a Dad-venture!

It was all about Eric this weekend. He turned 35 on Friday and Sunday was Father's Day. Needless to say we had some Eric fun. On Saturday night we drove to Downtown Disney and the ESPN Zone. There were lots of video games and sports on the TV - really a guys place. The boys nearly went crazy from sensory overload. On Sunday we hopped in the van and drove to Downtown LA for some culture and tacos. Eric loves to get out of town. It's a great balance to my homebodyness.

If you've got a few minutes (or an hour!) here are pictures from the weekend. I'm having a great time in manual mode on my camera, but it does slow me down sometimes. I thought I would switch back to auto mode this weekend and be able to capture more shots. I had mixed results. It worked ok in some situations, but it blew in others. I'm still trying to really master the camera, I'm making progress, but I've still got lots to learn.

Father's Day

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Downtown Disney

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Lovely Thursday

We had a big day yesterday. Morning at the beach, grocery shopping, naps, and a play date with Ian. I think I was more tired than the kids after all that!

We are so excited to have friends in the neighborhood. We met Ian and his family at T-ball and found out they live right around the corner. Yesterday was our first "drop-off" play date and Ian came over without his parents. The kids had a blast, although by the end of it our house looked like a Toy R Us threw up all over it!

Beach days on a Thursday, play dates during the week; life is good.

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Taking a break

Taking a break, originally uploaded by leslie_capron.

This is the little boy who is going to start Kindergarten in July (he'll be at year round school). I just can't believe it!

Gloomy Tuesday

We went to one of our favorite spots yesterday, the Muth Interpretive Center in Newport Beach. It was a cloudy, drizzly day so we put on our rain boots and jackets and played outside a bit before heading into the nature center. The boys had a great time.

Little pill bugs are serious business to these two:



Andrew getting a closer look:



Plenty of room here for the boys to go crazy:



Checking in on the snakes:




Wheee!



A nice pose for mom:




Good times.

Hair dragon

Hair dragon, originally uploaded by leslie_capron.

Owen Capron is officially potty trained! Aside from an accident at a BBQ over the weekend (I don't blame him too much because he was so excited to be at a friend's house and play), he's been dry. He even makes it though the night! I know we'll have a few accidents, but I am seeing the light at the end of the diaper tunnel!

Hair dragon above is Owen's potty training treat. He's wanted this toy for a while. I have to say that after going through potty training twice, bribes did not work for our kids. It was all up to Owen and no matter how much I tried to bribe, get mad, have naked days to encourage going on the potty, he wasn't going to do it until he was ready.

I'll remember this with Sarah - it will save a lot of frustration!