Summer officially began for the boys on June 9th. That meant that they could sleep in and begin their lazy days. I started a job that is not on their schedule. I didn't want them to be home alone, so I hired my dad, Pappy to the boys, to come hang out with them. He is to get them their lunch (I don't trust them to use the stove), drive SJ to Mrs. Banks' house for tutoring, get Bob to soccer practice and, most importantly, to get SJ to the pool.
Unfortunately, that first week of summer, the weather was acting more like fall. It was cold (high 60's and rainy). So much for Pappy taking SJ to the pool. He did make them lunch (with SJ and Bob showing how to turn the stove on) and made sure they did the few items that I assigned as their chores.
On Thursday, SJ went home with Pappy, since Bob had a soccer tournament that weekend. SJ is not a soccer fan. He had a great time with my parents. He went out to lunch several times, out to dinner once, went bowling with Pappy and mini-golf with Grammy (my mom). I allowed him to take his PS3 with him, since my parents' backyard is tore up due to construction. My mom said he set it up in my old room and was using that room as a chill out room.
We returned from the soccer tournament on Sunday. It was still raining (SJ had hoped to go to the pool that day) when I met them at the mall to retrieve SJ. SJ had impatiently texted me several times on my way to the mall. I reminded him on the car ride home that I got there as quickly as I could and he needs to be more patient.
I asked him if he had fun with Grammy and Pappy and he chatted away about all the things that they did. So, even though he hasn't been to the pool much, he is still having a fun start to summer.
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