Category: Xander

So, the boys piloted their first lemonade stand this morning!!! They decorated the sign, sorted out coins for change, and helped gather up and set out everything they needed. Our dear neighbors, the Bresnahans, responded immediately to my “Do you want to be our first customers?” text and walked down the street, with quarters in hand. (They delighted the boys’ hearts and even wanted to pay for water instead of lemonade and were okay with ice cubes handled by little hands instead of tongs…so sweet.). Jonas made his second sale to a man who stopped to ask us for directions and who gave us his home improvement card “just in case”. He said Jonas was a good little salesman. HaHa!!! The boys tithed a cup to the mailman to thank him for always bringing us our mail before we headed to the library to check out some books.

Jonas and Xander got dirty this morning while Roman was napping. We did a Creature Catch with a cardboard box full of dirt, various plastic creatures from the dollar bin (snakes, frogs, and lizards of course), and digging tools. They raced to see who could catch the most, and then we sorted and counted kinds and colors. After Roman woke up, we loaded into the car and headed downtown to enjoy storytime Nashville style with Professor, Mary Mary, J.J. the Lamb, and the Spanish Fox.

We woke up to a rainy morning. So while Roman was taking his morning nap, I thought I’d try out the Tissue Paper Sticky Window idea for the boys and see what they thought. They, of course, fought over who had how many squares and whose squares who was going to pretend vacuum up from the pile left on the floor afterwards AND I’m sure it will be the first thing Roman rips down when he wakes up…but it was still a good rainy day activity nonetheless.

So, I’m not going to lie. I’m more than a little daunted by the reality of having all three of my little guys home for the summer (those two days of preschool really help us all out). But I’m going to try to make every day count…even if it’s with something seemingly small that might be big for them. Cue bubbles…haha…I thought it would be a fun way to ring in the summer.

This morning, while Tom was working in the garage and Roman was taking his morning nap, the boys and I headed out to the backyard to play. We played soccer and tried to replace the batteries in the cheering goal, and then we ended up moving the pavers from around the blueberry and raspberry to dig up the grass and weeds and add a little bit more soil. Then, I remembered a fun Pinterest idea of having kids paint bricks for garden pathways and decided that we TOTALLY needed to do that today. We busted out the drop cloth, smocks, wipes, paint-filled egg cartons, brushes, and pavers and the boys had a giant go of it. Yay for backyard sunny day fun and for the little boys who bring color to my life!!!