Summer hsa begun at our house. I never consider Summer as starting until my stepson Erik has moved in with us. He moved in with us on Sunday evening. Once he was here we had our family meeting and reviewed expectations, rules and schedules with him and Josh.
Monday Erik stayed home with hubby. I came home to him and Josh havinga water fight with the gardne hoses with the neighbors. It was so good to see Erik running, smiling and having a great time. He has been so happy the last two days. It is great to see. I worked late on Monday so didn’t get home until after 8:00.
Today, Josh and Erik hung out for the day. Erik had a great day!! That was all he could talk about. He loves to hang out with Josh. Josh is so good with Erik and does alot of stuff with him. They were playing croquet when I got home. They had also gone to holiday as well. They wanted to BBQ outside for lunch. I called to check on them and they had jsut gotten done mowing the lawn and both had done their Tuesday night chores. WOW!! And I didn’t even ask!! GO JOSH!! So when I got home I had to do bedding and trash and make supper. I got all my stuff done! Hubby had a headache so he didn’t do his. We had a waterballoon fight in the front yard and now Josh and Erik are having a bonfire. About time to call them in for the night. Erik has been a great listener and doing surprisingly well. So far the summer is off to a great start. This has not always been the case in the past. I was also able to allow Erik to go to the DQ with friends his evening and he did great!! He got a small item like I told him and came back with change!! I told him that was a great way to increase my trust of him!! Granted I only gave him $2.00. But he did it!!
Tommy is fighting going to bed tonight!! He is still crying so I will probably have to put in bed with me. He is saying “mommy I sleep with you!”. I have a dilemna with Tommy. He has excezma very bad on his arms and legs and I think it is from the hypoallergenic sun screen we put on him when he goes outside. ARGH!! So I have to decide between him being burned or having a rash. Both are bad. Tommy is growing so fast. He has a little container garden and was so surprised that “someone put” strawberries on his plant. He isn’t quite getting that they grew there. LOL!! But he loves to eat them and will share them with his brothers. He is loving being the only kid at his aunties daycare. He gets to go out to eat lunch with her and shopping. he is getting so spoiled!! He is doing well on potty training there too. He is saying the funniest things. Last night I was laying in bed and I heard him count to 16 by himself. He doesn’t have the ABC’s down but can get bits and pieces of them right. He loves the Dr. SEuss ABC book. Big A Little A what begins with A.
Tomorrow Erik will be going with Tommy there as well. Well Tommy isn’t settling down so I guess I need to put him in my bed and go to bed. NIGHT!! Sorry I am so busy so not sure how often I will be able to post! Sorry no time to proof read, so bear with me!!