Super soakage

It is 9 p.m., brilliantly sunny outside, and the kids are involved in an intense super-soaker battle outside with 3 additional neighborhood kids. I am smiling at their happiness, while also noting the occasional traumatized screams as one of them gets wetter than planned. They are mostly doing a great job at trying to share all the water guns and various projection devices. They are also incredibly loud! Better outside than inside, I say.

We have had a lot of fun with Noah, and I think he is having fun too, although admittedly it must be a tough transition fitting into life with 4 siblings again all of the sudden. He is a great sport, and I have moved past my micro-managing to a more peaceful and laid back place. He is used to being the only child in the family and not having to take turns. We also have some different rules and structures. It's a process for him, and all of us. Either way I'm so thankful to have him here!

In the meantime, as he put it today after a bike collision with Wolfie, "I'm right where I always am! Underneath a pile with Wolfie!" (See picture. He's totally right.)