without his sisters! Every single day this week he has asked when Kaeli and Paige will be home. He doesn't understand days yet, so it's been hard to explain to him that it's going to be quite a while yet. But, it's been kind of neat to watch Ryan and AJ learn to play together without the girls running the show. Boys sure are different than girls. I'm SURE to find trouble any time these boys are on their own for a few minutes. Let's see....today I discovered toothpaste ALL over the bathroom. It's obviously pretty cool to paint the bathroom with toothpaste. Another time I was putting away clothes.....I hear Ryan saying "drop it, AJ". I heard this phrase a few more times before deciding to intervene. Ryan was downstairs in the family room encouraging AJ to drop anything he could find down from the balcony. At one point, AJ crawled into a chair with a book and proceeded to flip through the pages acting like he's reading. You know you're in trouble when the older of the two says "what is AJ doing?" The sad truth of the matter is that AJ is the one that gets "shafted" when it comes to having a book read to him at night. Being the bottom of the'food chain' means sometimes mom and dad just don't have the energy left to read another book at the end of the day. Besides, he doesn't complain.....YET!!
I talked to the girls today. Sounds like they are having a great time. Grampa signed Paige up for 2-- 1 hour private swimming lessons. She had her first lesson yesterday and is already diving into the deep end of the pool. This morning she said to me "I can swim in 9ft of water now, mom!" I'm so happy for her. She often gets left behind by the older kids in our neighbor's pool. Kaeli learned to swim this year, so she hangs with the bigger kids in the deep end. Paige usually just occupies herself in the shallow end. And, just like Paige--she never makes a single complaint about it, although I think it bothers her deep down. So, now she won't be left behind anymore.
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