It's been a couple weeks since I've posted anything. I don't have any "good" excuses except that we have been super busy! Caleb has already been here 3 weeks! I just can't believe how fast time flies! AND I've been done with school for 2 weeks! How crazy! We've had lots of fun together and have lots planned for the next month or so.

After Pop Pop left Caleb, Tyler and I spent the next week just kind of hanging around the house and playing outside. We have spent lots of time at the park and at the beach here on base. We have also made some very cool forts inside the house. Lots of blankets and chairs! The boys just LOVE this. They will literally play forever inside the thing! I remember making forts when I was little and I've had a chance to get in these and.....it is fun!!!

We had the boys' pictures taken at Sear's last weekend. We had a family one taken and then the boys were supposed to take some together and then separate ones. Well, as we got to the end and Tyler was supposed to take some by himself it didn't go so well. Lots of coaxing and we didn't end up getting any good ones of him by himself. The lady had to take a good one of the boys together and cut Caleb out to get a good one of Tyler by himself. He's just at the age where if he's not wanting to do something....he's just not going to do it! :) Overall the pictures turned out very nice!!

Last Sunday we brought out the slip and slide. Boy did they all have a good time. Tom even got out there and showed them how it was done. We have some funny pictures of that! I told Tom I wouldn't put those on here (I'd better keep that promise)!

Yesterday we went to the pool on base. It's a great pool. It has a baby pool with a huge sprinkler. Tyler loves the water but would really rather be in the big pool. They don't let toddlers who aren't yet potty trained into the big pool. It's too bad cuz he just loves to swim and kick around. The baby pool is only up to his knees (if that). Caleb loves the pool because it has a diving board and a slide. It's so much fun. I really like it because we don't come home full of sand like when we go to the beach.

Today we are just at home. Tyler is napping and Tom and Caleb are washing the cars. I hear them outside and I think Caleb is getting the neighbor with the hose! He's been waiting to do that since he got here! :)

I have been really trying the potty training thing with Tyler. Since we've spent most of the last couple weeks at home I thought this would be a good time to start. He seems to really know when he has to go potty because he'll most of the time go on his own. I've left him mostly without underwear when we're at home to let him get the hang of it. I do try and put diapers on him too sometimes so he knows that feeling too! He also knows when he has to poop but he then asks for a diaper or underwear. I hear that part takes awhile. Right?

Well, hope you all have nice week!!

The Brouses

Summer Fun

Yay!! I am finally done with school for the year. Friday was my last day. I don't go back until July 24th so I have just under 2 months or so off. We'll definitely be spending a lot of time at the beach and hanging out at the park.

Tom, Mike (pop pop), Caleb and Tyler spent last week together. They visited a few beaches, took a drive around the island and went to Hanauma Bay to snorkel. The kept busy and had such a good time together. The boys had the Keiki fishing tournament on Friday. Caleb caught 6 fish. He also won a new fishing pole.

Tyler's last day of daycare was Friday. I am hoping that while I am home for the summer, I can try to get him potty trained. He didn't get the opportunity to try at daycare so I'm going to try real hard at home. He will go on the potty whenever we ask him if he has to it's just that we've got to get him to wear training pants or underwear instead of the diaper.

We are going to go up to the hospital sometime this week to visit one of Tyler's daycare friends. His name is Kellen and he's just 7 months old. He was just diagnosed with leukemia this past week. It was a VERY sudden diagnosis. He had been a little fussy and had a fever off and on last week. His mom brought him in after a few days thinking it was probably related to teething or a possible ear infection. They ruled all the normal things out and continued to do testing on him until they found this. The dad is in Iraq right now but was finally reached and is on his way here to be with the family. The doctors are very optimistic about things but he will surely have a long road ahead!

We don't have any real plans this week. Just have fun being off of work and possibly get some scrapbooking done. I am WAY behind!! I've really had to start picking and choosing which things I REALLY want to scrapbook. I can't do it all like I used to!! :)

Hope everyone had a good week and is enjoying their summer so far!!!

The Brouses

Caleb is here!!!

Caleb is here for the summer! We have been waiting and waiting for him to get here. He flew in last night with his Pop Pop from Georgia. He is 8 years old and just finished 2nd grade. They didn't get in until 9pm on Saturday so it was a long day waiting to see him. We talked about it all day so Tyler was pretty pumped up when we finally saw him.

This morning Caleb and his Pop Pop were up early. They are still getting adjusted to the time difference here. Hawaii is 6 hours behind Georgia so when they arrived last night it was actually 3am for them. We went out for breakfast at a cafe right on Pearl Harbor. We go there quite often for breakfast. It's so beautiful eating outside by the ocean!

After breakfast we went to the harbor right there and feed the fish. We used our leftover pancakes and toast. We just scrunch them into little balls and throw them in the water. The tropical fish just come and eat. It's just awesome. Of course, the kids just loved it!

I think we'll just hang out most of the day today. Tom is off all this week so he'll be taking Caleb, Pop Pop and Tyler around. They will probably go to the beach, snorkeling, around the island and to Pearl Harbor Memorial. They are also going to a Keiki(kids) fishing tournament on Friday! Caleb was in that tournament 2 summers ago and won his age category so he's pretty excited about going again.

My last day of work isn't until Friday so I'll just be with them in the evenings! Mike (Pop Pop) leaves next Saturday and Caleb will be here until the end of July, when Tom flies with him back to Georgia.

We bought Caleb a new bike for the summer and Tyler just got a little Fisher-Price 3 wheeler bike so they had fun riding those around. Even though they've only been together a day...you can sure tell that Tyler wants to do everything his big brother does. :)

As you can see in the pictures, Caleb has let his hair grow out. He says he's wanting to do it and some of his friends are doing it. That's kind of the thing with some of my kids at school. I'm not sure how much he'll love it when he's HOT in the sun on the beach and sand but...we'll see!!

We had Tyler to the doctor on Friday for some rashes he's had for about a week. He's been breaking out with red rashes, some raised and most not. We are wondering if it's a food allergy so the doctor had lab tests done to see if it's peanut butter. We should have the results back early next week. I'm not convinced it's peanut butter since he broke out today and he hasn't had peanut butter since Friday. It doesn't seem to bother him though...like itching or something.

Well, I'm going to add some pictures and go hang out with the boys!! I'm really outnumbered here!!

Have a wonderful week!!!

The Brouses