Sibling Warriors

Both Dylan and Ryan were gallant enough to jump into their "Atlantic" swimming pool because it was SO COLD. I did encourage them to wait until the weather and water were warming it up. But their determination and stubbornness didn't stop them, they decided to show their bravery and stayed in the water from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. (Of course, they stopped for a lunch break with no lethal weapons.)

After they had a lunch, they decided to become soldiers against their own blood sibling. Their only weapon was wrestling each other in the water. Nope, that didn't increase our blood pressures -- we instead enjoyed watching them from our patio chairs and laughed. Soon, they surrendered the War at the end of five hours of so-called fighting.

Within five hours of surviving in a cold water and wrestling in the swimming pool, it certainly did wipe Dylan out. He took a two hour of nap while Ryan did not take a nap at all. While Dylan was taking a nap, Ryan did it on his own serenity times: reading books, playing with the computer--nothing special on that day.

When the night of 4th of July fell, the four of us went out to watch the fireworks at a nearby free shopping parking lots. (We were being thrifty at this moment.) At the end of their "Sibling War" Dylan and Ryan were like best friends: hugging and holding each others' hands. It was a beautiful way of watching both of our "soldiers" sharing their joviality by jumping ups and downs when the fireworks shot up on a beautiful night. Their enduring energies lasted until we headed for home. But we, as parents, were already pooped out.

Good grief, we all survived without killing each other-- just loving and kissing to each other before we hit the sack.