The boys were glad to see each other this afternoon, and it took no more than five seconds for them to fall into stride with each other for a grand tour of the house, showing off beds and toys and beanbags, etc.

Dinner went pretty smoothly. My homemade pasta sauce from our garden Roma tomatoes was a huge hit. *grins! Our idea to have all the boys sitting at the curved bar seems like it will work out ok, as long as the little ones don’t tip over the barstools climbing up! It’s been working out great with three, so adding two more might be a little challenging, but I think it’ll be fine. The idea is to eat dinner together and have a chance to talk and be together … not necessarily sit around a huge table together. It’s unconventional, but it works for us. Besides, nothing about our lives right now is conventional!! ha!

Bedtime was a little more trying. Everyone was wired and didn’t want to settle down. I had to put on my stern hat and issue some warnings, but they quieted down soon enough. The problem arose when someone tossed a stuffed animal from his bed up to the other one on the bunkbed and hit the ceiling fan cord in flight … the plastic “basketball” pullcord do-dad hit the fan blade, broke off and hit the bedroom window, ricocheted off and landed on the floor. Yes, it broke the window. The interior pane of a double-paned window now has a golfball-sized hole in it. *sigh … I know it was an accident, and it’s really pretty comical if I wasn’t aggravated about how much it’ll cost to fix. The pair did get a sermon on throwing things (even soft things!!) in the house and not being still & quiet like they were told. 😉 I didn’t hear a peep after that, so I think my stern hat worked that time.