Summertime fun

Although we have officially been out of school since June 6, I feel like this is our first week of "real summer."  The first week the boys were out they attended a basketball camp at TCS every morning.  Last week we had two extra boys to play with and love on all week plus VBS in the afternoons.  Needless to say, we have been at least as busy as in the regular school year!  This week, however, we have no real commitments, and we are excited about it!  We will enjoy being lazy, drawing, creating, swimming, playing and reading.  There will be arguments - plenty of disagreements! - but that comes with the territory of raising three children.  :)  
 

This morning I sent Jackson and Harrison upstairs to do their morning chores and they immediately started arguing.  Apparently Jackson wanted to sing while he was working and Harrison DID NOT want him to, so the "Stooooop!  STOOOOP!" yelling began.  There was plenty of back and forth arguing and raised voices, and I was folding laundry but getting ready to intervene when they abruptly stopped.  A few minutes later, Jackson came downstairs.  "What stopped the yelling, Jackson?"  He replied, "Well, we were mad at each other until Harrison started singing 'shake your booty.'  Then we weren't mad anymore."  Oh the joys of boys!  Start throwing around some bathroom words and everyone is friends again!  Haha!

We are very much looking forward to crossing some items off of our "Summer Bucket List!"  It is lengthy, but we are excited about doing some things we haven't done before and some traditional summer activities.  I will try to post as we accomplish things.  :)