Peggy and Paul were kind enough to drive the boys down from Illinois, just in time for Will to start school. They arrived around 3 p.m. to a hot and humid Pensacola, but I don't think the kids noticed.
After a very short tour of the house, the boys were waylaid by all of their toys in the playroom.
Will sought out his Legos and Xan immediately dug out the tractors. Eager to show them the backyard, I had to drag them away from the toys. But once they saw what was outside, the play room was forgotten for awhile. While the spa and swingset were nice, both were WAYYYY more excited about the battery-operated ride-on tractor.
Especially Xan, who, as anyone who has spent a moment of time with his recently would guess, started shouting, "My drive! My drive!" And drive he did! While Will did not take to the tractor at all, Xan immediately figured out how to press the accelerator with his right foot and steer. He was even working on shifting to reverse. We might have another Mario Andretti on our hands....
Will was also quick to show me the hole in his mouth where a tooth had once been.
The Tooth Fairy came and left him $1... very exciting! We also had our first dinner in the new dining room, which was nice.
The boys are still getting lost in the house, turning where the front door is to go to the bathroom or wondering where in the laundry room I have disappeared to when I am, in fact, in my bedroom, one door to the right. But they've now been here a couple of days and have managed to figure out the important things: Where the play room is and how to get out to the backyard.
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