Summer 2022

In My Closet

A frustrated voice you don't want to hear from your child in their bedroom:  "Stop living in my closet!"

This is the statement Tiberias exclaimed quite loudly this afternoon.

Thankfully, his friends Branden and Calleigh were in the bedroom with him. He wasn't alone. haha

 

"Poke, Punch!"
Lachoneus has gotten used to poking Ty as a way to love and tease him at the same time. Tiberias got sick of this and Luke had to try to stop. It was not easy for Luke! A bad habit sticks hard.
Today Ty said "Luke says he doesn't want to be punched but then he pokes me anyway!"
I guess Ty has a new game to play similar to "Punch Buggy"..."Poke, Punch!" Have at it Ty.

 

This summer Luke has been antisocial. During the school year he would hang out with friends on the bus, maybe at school, after school game club and sometimes after school or on the weekends.
Since summer began he has ignored my encouragement to hang out with friends.
He has been getting his exercise with the help of his fitness watch. He gets out of the house a little bit.
In a couple weeks we go to America for a month. There he will have some time to hang out with some of the cousins around his age. Ben, Spencer, Sarah, Ezra and Lincoln. That will be good.

Tiberias has three friends I would call his best friends. Branden, Logan and Calleigh. They play LARP together and Super Smash Bros video game.
He has other friends...Escher and Jack. But those friends don't LARP. They don't know kid/teen anime the way Calleigh and Branden do. I don't think Logan knows anime but he plays LARP anyway.

Anyway, Calleigh moves away in a few weeks. When we are gone on vacation. Ty is going to miss her.
But, in America this summer he will get to reunite with one of his friends who moved from Japan about a year ago...Porter Kartchner. The Kartchners live in the Provo area so we will get to spend time with them.

This summer Athena has played with friend long and hard. All day sometimes. Outside, inside, wild and calm. Plus we have had some summer day camps with friends. 1) shirt painting, games, make our own snack -cookies  2)tiaras, popcorn and a movie at the USO theater room  3) Pirate themed water play at our house
We've also gone to the outdoor pool twice.

We are super excited for our trip to America. The kids are excited for the flight. Well, maybe not Luke. But I am all set, as the mom, because I got some medicine from the Dr to calm my nerves and help me deal with the flights.