June is here. It has been hot and we’ve been spending as much time as we can in the pool.
Monday was Memorial Day and we had a pretty chill day relaxing at home. My mom came over in the afternoon and played dodgeball with the boys for a long time, we grilled dinner and then she and the boys played checkers. It was a relaxing day.
Wednesday was field day at school. Nate went to cheer the boys on and they all came home at the end of the day hot and sweaty. Also on Wednesday, we had a hot dog picnic with our neighbors. The kids swam until it was time to eat, took a short break to eat some hot dogs and then went back into the pool until it was time to go inside and get ready for bed.
Wednesday night happy hour happens after the kids go to bed and it is so fun and we laugh and laugh and laugh. And then the next morning I wake up crabby that I stayed up so late the night before. But it’s great and I love it.
Thursday was soccer. The boys are really enjoying it and so it makes me happy. At one of the water breaks, Xander suggested that after soccer, we go to get ice cream. I said maybe, but then, literally one minute later, our neighbor Aaron texted to say, “drumsticks at our house at 7pm” so ice cream it was. Nights like those make me SO eager for the summer. The kids were running around playing, the weather was perfect, we were all hanging out. No one wanted to go inside. It was so wonderful.
Friday was the last day of Daddy/Gussie or Mommy/Gussie days. Gussie and I hung out and had a great day. We got his hair cut. We met Kelly and Abby at the park. We went out to lunch. He got a lot of screen time while I worked, so he was happy. After dinner, we had family movie night. We’ve been reading the first Harry Potter book and finished it this week, so we watched the movie. I made Harry Potter themed snacks and we all snuggled in to watch. They were very attentive and it didn’t get suspenseful until the end, at which point, both boys were in my lap. For my whole life, there will never be anything I love more than a pile of little boys and puppies all snuggled with me.
Almost every night, after the boys take a shower, before we read books and get ready for bed, we wrestle. They jump into my arms and I toss them onto the bed. I grab their legs out from under them and push them over. They LOVE it. Now that we have the pool, all they want to do is wrestle in the pool! Now instead of saying, “when can we have screens?” they ask, “when can you wrestle?!” And so we spend a lot of time with me tossing them, pushing them over, and spinning them around.
Saturday we spent a lot of time in the pool. We went to Half Price books and Costco, where we had lunch.
Last night, Xander said, “tomorrow morning, I am going to make myself a buttered croissant!” I told him I thought that sounded awesome. At 6:30, Xander surprised us with breakfast in bed- butter croissants and coffee. I would prefer breakfast in bed about 2 hours later, but it is the thought that counts.
We had the end of the year pre-K party today. The kids played on the playground, ate pizza and popsicles, got their faces painted and ran around. It was super fun and very hot. We came home and got right into the pool until dinner, and then again after dinner.
3 days of school left and we are counting down! Summer is almost here!