Xander has been on a 6/6:15am wake up kick recently. And I am TIRED. Does one hour really make that much of a difference? The answer is yes. I have been amazoning blackout curtains, because we need to get this kid to sleep in. Augustus could sleep until 8:30 or even later, but Xander wakes him up and so he’s been crabby lately. Today was a busy day, but I was dragging all day.
Xander and I started the day with a morning walk and then the boys played for a long time. I had the dishwasher unloaded, a load of laundry in and our picnic lunch packed by 9am- you can accomplish a lot when you get up that early.
We headed off to Hidden Falls to play. I brought a picnic lunch. We threw rocks into the river, ran around, and even did some biking. The weather was perfect and there was a lot of shade. It was LOVELY!
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| Is that his Senior picture?! |
We had kind of an early lunch because they were very excited about the picnic. But they must have been hungry, because as I was unpacking it, Xander said, “those sandwiches smell great!” and then after he took a bite, he said, “is there mayo on this? This is great mayo!” and then he ate 3 hawaiian bun sandwiches. Lately he says things that sound like he is on a cheesy sitcom, but he is totally serious. He is so funny.
When we got home, we rested a while, and then Nate was home for a little while before he went golfing. He and the boys played in the basement and then we did an activity that I saw on pinterest. I froze little toys into blocks of ice (I did it a small amount of water at a time so that the toys would be layered through the whole block). I gave them hammers and they smashed away. I used little toys that came from McDonalds or the dollar store, because I knew they would get broken (and they did). But they really enjoyed it.
After the ice block activity, Xander said, “I want to do another activity”. By that point in the day, I was exhausted, and it was hot out, and I didn’t have any other activities. I said, “let’s read a book. Let’s play with toys.” Xander said, “I want to do a planned activity, like the ice block thing.” He was not satisfied that I had nothing to entertain him. After he whined and deep sighed and agonized for a while, I eventually came up with another pinterest idea- water balloons are “pinatas” that they could hit and get splashed. The balloons were actual balloons, not water balloons and they were very strong and hard to break. And they were HEAVY- I needed a higher string. But it was still a pretty fun activity and they enjoyed it.
We played until dinner and we’re having early bedtime tonight. I am HOPING that they sleep a little later tomorrow morning.
This sleepy dog is also hoping for some rest tomorrow. He is exhausted.
