Our O’Neill Life 3

The other day at the pool mike was like “man to man or zone defense?” 😂 that’s how we have to think about everything with these two crazies. I opted for zone defense but we ended up switching over to man to man because it was just safer.  On Memorial Day the owners of Ciao throw a party at their huge house in Clifton. Mike switched his schedule around so that he could come. It was obviously a very unsafe for me to take both boys so having both of us there was key. So many places to slip and fall in, a deep end, a jacuzzi and no fence. Just unsafe on unsafe things. It was a lot but the party was fun and they were such gracious hosts. Jack was begging to go to bed at 7 before the sun went down. And he slept until 8:30  The next day. He played hard! Charlie too. It was a good time! Charlie at the pool. He just laid back and was thoroughly enjoying himself.  When we got home. Both boys laidddddd out. 

Summer is here! We’ve had some gorgeous days lately and we’ve been spending them outside as much as possible. The fresh air is awesome for boys... FYI.    Since I’m now a lifetime employee my membership and the boys’ (including mike) are totally free. On Friday we went to the lifetime reston, dropped the kids off at childcare and we laid by the pool for 45 uninterrupted minutes of kid free time. Ummm hello game changer! We did let jack play in the pool for a bit before dropping him off.  The first official pool day (which I have been dreading due to Charlie’s insane nature) was Saturday!! We went to Gigi’s pool and of course it was awesome. Charlie and jack both did amazingly and luckily there is a sand box and other play areas at Broyhill to keep everyone busy. It was a successful day. These are from last week. Love This little pool I bought last summer! Goodness.... what could he be plotting..... We got new floors!! These are not it... We went to an awesome park before ...

My sweet friend Sarah gave me the “gift of time” for my birthday. She forced me to cash in saying I looked like I could use a break (lol) and she took both boys from 9:30-12 on Friday. I slept the entire time. Keep in mind she has two kids of her own.  She’s amazing and a great friend.  

On Friday we went to dinner in Old Town Fairfax with Kelsey and her crew. We saw the fountains were on so we walked over and let the kiddos play. We were not prepared with towels and bathing suits but it was fun!