Too much summer

As of yesterday at 10am the kids had enough summer free play!!!  This time when I said go climb a tree they rebelled. Can you believe that? ;). They wanted computer time, movies, kindle access and iPhone games. Yesterday was painful. After way too much screen time and 3 Popsicles each and some homemade ice cream. (At scouts last week Sam learned how to make individual portions of vanilla ice cream In a ziplock bag.)  At one point I banished Sam outside. He sat in the hammock for "over an hour", he said.  

Well, today I wasn't going to make that mistake again.  I told the kids they could watch one show in the afternoon after cleaning, math and reading. When the time finally came they couldn't agree on what to watch. So after bickering and crying I informed them if they couldn't agree on what to watch they wouldn't watch anything.  Sure enough they couldn't agree so I sent everyone to their rooms to read. Lauren had to go rest on my bed. Well, 30 minutes later look what I found. 

She slept here for about 2 hours. It was a great nap. I am so happy to have my happy Lauren back. 

Tonight for dinner one of Daniel's partners came to dinner. He is a very nice man. Lauren, now well rested, talked his ear off over dinner. The amazing thing is she has very relevant things to say.  It was a nice visit.