Monday!

It was a HOT day today (a high of 96 degrees!). It was already in the 80s when we set up our pool bright and early this morning. The water was so cold, but the boys got in right away.

We played outside until lunchtime. It was getting hotter and hotter. After lunch, the boys rested and cooled down. We played upstairs and then in the basement. At some point in the middle of normal playing, all of a sudden Xander screamed and when I looked at him, he had a BITE mark on his FACE. Neither of the boys has really gone through a biting phase, so this is new.

I had a long talk with Augustus, like, imagine a wholesome sitcom dad style lecture. I thought I got through to him. Until an hour later, when he bit him again. The second time he bit him, I scary yelled at him and then he cried and I found myself saying, “wait until Daddy hears about this!” which meant nothing, but made Augustus cry harder. So hopefully he’s going to quit biting now. The boys are best friends and play together so well. They scuffle often, and get over it quickly. It’s also very mutual- they both pick on each other equally. It’s rare that either leaves a mark on the other, so this was a surprise.

Xander has a chore chart and he’s been doing things around the house to earn stickers and once he fills the chart, he gets a toy. He has 8 boxes left, and so he’s VERY motivated. Today as I was folding laundry, he rushed over and said, “I’ll help!” and so he learned how to flip pairs of socks together today.

After dinner, it was still in the 90s, but the sun wasn’t blaring down, so we all went outside to play in the pool again. Nate and the boys ended up in a water fight- the boys with squirt guns and Nate with the hose (both boys got in a few good shots though, even though Nate had the advantage).

We ended the night with homemade popsicles followed by bath time. They were both exhausted.