On Tuesday I spent Clarissa’s nap back-blogging while Ammon watched TV and the girls played outside. We didn’t bring electronics for the kids on our trip, so I justified the TV marathon by the fact that he didn’t have a minute of screen time for nine straight days.
Then when Clarissa woke up, we headed over to Blair’s clubhouse and played in her pool. She brought a giant crocodile that the kids loved. Ammon kept yelling, “THREE, TWO, ONE…” — and then flipping backwards off of it into the water. In the meantime, James, a boy after my own heart, sat right next to Blair quietly eating apple jacks with his feet dipped neatly in the pool. Blair and I could not get over how different our two year old boys are.
Blair and I had a great time chatting, and before we knew it, it was 5:30! I had to bribe the kids out of the pool with ice cream, so we didn’t get home until almost six. Abe made a spaghetti dinner, and steamed some of our garden zucchini. Our zucchini went nuts while we were out of town. The vegetables are as big as baseball bats and there are a ton of them.
After dinner I took Lydia to her harp lesson, and I am ashamed to admit, I slept through it. I kept waking up periodically to take notes, but I could not keep my eyes open for the most part.
Then we came home, put the kids to bed, and Abe and I watched half of Guardians of the Galaxy. I thought it was one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen in my life. Abe, on the other hand, thought it was great.