I am Michelle D. Carter

The boys were going to have some friends spend the night Saturday night. Saturday was also the day our neighborhood pool opened. If they weren’t asking me ‘what time are Ben and Will coming,’ it was ‘is the pool open, can we go?’

I told them that I would take them to the pool after we had lunch. We were only going to go for a little while because the weather hasn’t been all that warm and I’m sure the water would be cold. It was, but it didn’t seem to faze them. I got in up to my knees and that was enough for me.

After we returned home, we all took showers to get ready for the evening. Ben and Will were coming over with their parents. We grilled out and enjoyed spending time with Laura and Todd while the kids entertained themselves. The boys had fun and did really well with the sleep-over.

Ben and Will are twin boys and are in the same class as the boys. Ben and Andy are in Mrs. Mautino’s class; while Will and Alex are in Mrs. Todd’s. That is how they paired off for the night as well. We thought it was because they were in the same class. However, after spending more time with them, it was amazing just how similar they were to each other. We noticed that Ben had a bruised finger nail. That’s Andy. If someone is going to get hurt, it will be Andy. Both Ben and Andy were wearing tie shoes. Alex and Will wore Velcro. In the morning, both Alex and Will got up and got dressed right away. Andy and Ben remained in their pjs until we told them to get dressed. Alex and Will are the first born, Andy and Ben, the second. I truly enjoyed watching them. It was obvious they were best buds. I was OK with moving until now. I don’t want the boys to lose this connection. Tim and I also really like Todd and Laura. Luckily, they have relatives that will be fairly close to us after we move. We plan to keep in touch and try to get together at least once a year.

Sunday was spent at the pool as well. I left a little early and went out with Laura. Tim brought the kids home and had them jump in the shower. Andy had the towel wrapped around him laid on the floor to watch a little TV. Tim was just getting ready to tell him it was time to get dressed when he looked over and found his little naked body fast asleep. The playing hard, little sleep and the pool had finally caught up with him. Rather than wake him and have him be crabby, Tim let him sleep. Soon, Alex was out too.

Andy woke after Tim had already warmed up some left-over pizza. Andy was not happy!

Andy: “Why didn’t you wake me up?”

Tim: “It’s OK; I’ll warm it up for you.”

Andy: “You should have woke me up. And why did you take off my pajamas?” Clearly, he was oblivious to the earlier events. Gotta admit, that is cute!!

Monday was a little cold and rainy. It was nice to have a break and no expectations. It was a great day to relax, which is exactly what I did! It was a great weekend!!