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Cooper is now a full-fledged BIG BOY. and please don't call him a baby or little guy or anything of the sort because he will immediately stop what he is doing and shout at the top of his lungs, "NO! I am a big boy, I wear big boy underpants." So, he's potty trained - woo hoo, that saves us some money at school. We decided that we would give all our diapers to baby Noah and started wearing underpants a couple weekends ago. He wore diapers to bed twice, pee'd in the bed once and now we're on a roll. He even will have a little tiny sip of water at bed time and then say, "i have on underpants so i can't drink too much." He gets it. Even his #2's are getting better - Cooper has always had a rough time with #2 - something about the shape of his tail - but he's got the hang of it now and loves to make everyone proud of the huge and stinky poop he puts in the potty. Hey, it's better than outside on the patio!

Cash is an awesome swimmer. He really loves to swim and is so brave. He can totally do it but freaks himself out sometimes when he thinks about swimming in the big pool without his vest on. But then he does it and is so proud of himself. he is working on not plugging his nose. I bet swimming with Wiley at the beach will be the highlight of his summer. He's a bit of  a daredevil though and I wish he would slow down when he's around the pool. he'll take a running start and cannonball into the spa - he's headed for danger but wont listen. Cash is also going camping in Oregon with Chandler and the Martin Sr.s on Friday.

The boys also started a new school this week. Based on how poorly they did at their spring break school (crying all day, every day) Chandler and I were very concerned about this transition but surprisingly they did wonderfully. I don't love the school as much as I did UNLV but it is less than a mile from our house and we needed to not have such a lengthy commute every day for our sanity. So we are starting them with summer camp and they'll stay for the school year starting in August. They made playdough on Monday which seemed to really get them excited for the place. I was really surprised and happy to know that Cooper really didn't cry at all after we left. It helped that he started the day in the same room as Cash and saw a few familiar faces when Noah and Lindsey came in. Coop did ask if he was going back to his regular school today - so we haven't quite grasped the concept but we'll get there. Cash was a rockstar as usual but we are still fighting the urge to call the teacher (whose name is Mrs. Butler) Mrs. Stinky BUTTler.

I tell you all that to tell you this, the boys have been awful lately. We are at our wits end and ready to pack them into a box and ship them off somewhere. Just terrible. Terrible behavior. Terrible attitudes. Terrible at listening. Terrible, terrible, terrible. They wont go to bed nicely, they wake up and fight. Just the worst. We're hoping it's a phase. Cash is a smart aleck and gets Cooper to do naughty things. He doesn't listen and purposefully defies us. Cooper is so annoying when he laughs in your face when you try to correct him and he hits, punches, kicks and scratches. Cash got TV taken away last night. Send help.