Dragons!

Mosey had money burning a hole in his pocket a couple of weeks ago, and bought a dragon toy at HEB while we were grocery shopping.  The other boys were immediately entranced and the craze has continued over the past couple of weeks.  Their bank balances have all dropped significantly.  :-)
But, they do love them, and play well together, and it's fun to watch and listen to them.  This morning while I was making breakfast they had a dragon convention at the kitchen table.

And it was a great day!!  I sure wish I knew the magic formula for days like today.  Everyone got along, did lessons well and without complaint, helped when I asked them to help, and generally gave me hope for the survival of the human race.  :-)
Our homeschool group met at our house this afternoon to play.  They're doing a drama unit right now (and do you know what?  The boys really love it!), but Cheri, the mom who's leading this unit, is out of town, so we met just to play.  It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day today (I lay on the deck in the back snoozing while the boys did math-- gotta synthesize some vitamin D!), and the kids all went in the backyard playing dragons and jumping on the trampoline and smashing rocks with hammers and splashing each other with pool water.  Brigham actually got dunked!  He's the first one in the pool for the year. 
The rock smashing is getting a bit out of hand.  The boys got all our hammers out, and have been pulverizing rocks on the back deck, trying to find geodes and crystals and other interesting things.  It's amazing how many hours can be happily occupied with a hammer and a pile of rocks.  Ah, boys.  I love them.  Anyway, the deck is littered with rock fragments right now.  It looks like a glacier ran over it.
Here's hoping for another great day tomorrow!