No school means a messy house… because the kids are home ALL day long. Harvey’s new thing is to drag his toys to every room of the house that he is in. He is obsessed with animals. Not sure if this is a Lion King moment or an invasion… either way wish me luck. 
Same day, different corner of the house, the farm animals are conversing and apparently Scar is going in for the kill at the farm. 
We took our kids to their first Green Jacket’s game. It was a lot of fun and the kids insisted on staying to the end. 
The moment school got out, I took the kids to our neighborhood pool. They will go every day they can this summer. 
They also joined in “art club” at Steph Secrist’s home. They made tie-dye t-shirts and had a blast. 
Safety first when you’re eating PBJ apparently. 
And more parties! The boys attended one earlier that day at a different friend’s home, then went straight to the Rogers for Emmy and Jane’s birthday/End of Year bash. Good fun with good friends. 
Max’s birthday party.
Adjusting to having the kids home is no easy feat. I have to figure out how to stay sane in the chaos, because really I can’t expect the house to stay picked up while all four kids are home and trying to stay entertained. I am focusing on teaching them to pick up after themselves so that it is a little less overwhelming for me. I told the kids they can have “free time” as soon as 1) rooms are cleaned, 30 minutes of reading is done, and their piano or coding (in Max’s case) are finished. This has highly motivated them and they have their free time before lunch, sometimes before I’ve even gotten out of bed, so I’m going to have to figure out some extra chores for them to do so they’re not just vegging all summer… but mostly I just want them to play and be kids. As you can see in the pictures above we went to the pool twice this week. We were supposed to go on Saturday too for Max’s birthday, but it was a high of 59 degrees and rainy! So we moved the birthday party to our house. I threw together a party for them and I believe they had fun. We did “Mafia” but I renamed it “Among us” and adapted the mafia to “imposters.” The kids had so much fun with this activity, we almost ran out of time for the other two activities: Sock wars capture the flag and the “candy bar game.” The kids loved both of those games too. We got way too much pizza despite there being 15 kids. All and all, summer is off to a good start. We’re excited to make our way to Utah to visit family.