On the first day of summer vacation...

School is out now for the summer and the sibling fighting has already begun in earnest. Or continued, I guess I should say. So, in an effort to keep the boys busy and therefore less likely to fight, here's what we've tried so far:

• Had a picnic in the backyard


• The twins pretended to be puppies, by using the backyard as a toilet


• Jonathan just did number one, but cleaning up after Troy required a shovel


• Gross, I know


• I wish that somehow it equated to Troy having success on the potty, but no, he had an accident later on in the day


• Jonathan threw a plastic sand toy over the fence to the real dogs who live next door


• As Jonathan says, "Doggies ate my shobel and broke it."


• Well, if you throw something over the fence to the dogs, that's what will happen


• We played a fun game where we had to follow the sound to find the missing cordless phone


• It was outside


• We may try this game again, but hide the phone on purpose this time


• Although that might just be tempting fate

And that was just day one. I wonder what tomorrow will bring?