Payton and friend, and his little brother

Payton and Parker having been spending a lot of time at the pool lately. Here Payton is with one of his school friends.

Back flippin' Parker

Parker is amazingly becoming quite a swimmer and all on his own. I can't take any credit for his swimming since I haven't worked with him at all; much less even gotten in a pool. Kathleen hasn't worked a great deal with him either. I credit Payton. Parker just watches and copies Payton's every move. Here is Parker doing back flips in the pool. Not into the pool, just in the pool. 

Payton's first lawnmower drive

Payton took his first spin on our Honda H3011H lawnmower. He was emboldened by driving his grandma's golf cart over the 4th. The golf cart is easier to drive in some ways, but in others it is not. The steering is much heavier on the mower, but controlling your speed and stopping (for a little guy) is easier on the mower. He's gotta get a little bigger before he can help mow the yard. I'm planning on him doing so at 10.

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Payton fakes Mom out

This past June, Payton made a sleeping dummy of himself to fake Mom out when she got home from her business trip. Mom got home really late, too late for Payton. He fell asleep in the chair waiting for her. She did come home and Payton did fake her out.

Girl Eyes

It may be a little hard to understand, but this is Parker's imitation of girl eyes.

It was hell this morning

Yesterday I sent the boys to their rooms with instructions to clean them. I left them alone to do so. I had nothing to do or nowhere to go. I mowed the yard. I watched TV. The day went by. The evening came and went. Bedtime.

This morning I got up and went to check on Payton's room. It was a disaster. I think the only thing he picked up was the TV remote. In short, my short fuse went off and I was on the boy's arses all morning about cleaning up. Within three hours Payton's room was cleaned up - Parker's too. And for good measure I sent them downstairs and they cleaned the basement as well.

I'm getting older and older

 Today was my birthday. If fact it is still my birthday, at least for a couple of hours. Kathleen fixed us a nice dinner and afterwards we had cake and ice cream. And what a cake it was. What can be better than a hamburger cake?

 

 

Funny thing, we only ate about a third of the cake. Well alright, maybe it was an easy half. Anyhow, Kathleen walked into the kitchen and saw Parker wiping his face off with a wash cloth. He turned and saw her and just said "Nothing". Kathleen looked at the cake and all the frosting on top of the cake had been wiped off. Parker!

Payton and Parker today