Saturday morning was the big Mormon Helping Hands service project for California. All the wards did service in their communities - we did weeding at a local park. It was from 9-12, but I didn't know realistically how long the kids would last. So I brought snacks and figured we'd hang out at the park when they were done.
To my total surprise, they worked hard the entire time! Except Dallin, who kept getting hurt and saying he wanted to go home. But that's just his way, so we ignored him. They really got into it - collecting lady bugs, announcing they should win the prize for picking the tallest weed, and using those long trash picker-upper things.
Afterwards we went to the pool for level placement. I put Spencer in swimming lessons when he was 5, and it was a total waste of time. He was in level I, and the teachers spent half the class trying to get the crying kids into the water. Since then Spencer has just sorta picked up swimming on his own, but I want him to learn more strokes and diving and things like that. We're going to put him and Tyler in lessons this summer, along with Kristen's kids.
It was such a beautiful day that as we were driving home from the pool we thought we should go to the beach or something. The problem was that after we all ate lunch I couldn't get off the couch and ended up sleeping a couple of hours. Then Kristen called and said they were going to the beach to fly kites, so we decided to join them. We grabbed our beach stuff and picked up dinner on the way. It was windy and cold there! But it was perfect for trick kites and digging in the sand, and we had a fun time.
Potty training update: Brennan hasn't had an accident in 2 days, and he pooped in the potty for the first time today! He was ticked when I put a diaper on him for church yesterday.
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