Secret Spy and Special Guest

Friday afternoon, like several afternoons prior, Ty descended upon the construction site behind our house but this time we investigated after watching him play for four hours all alone. As it turns out, and you are sworn to secrecy on this matter, Ty is now a real spy. He is in charge of watching the activities of a certain second grade girl who has been stalking his friend. The friend was spending the weekend with his dad so he left Ty in charge. Ty took this responsibility so seriously that when I sprung a surprise visitor on him Saturday morning, he was worried he wouldn't be able to complete his mission. When I suggested he might be able to allow Benjamin to assist him, he was in anguish. "Lane and his cousin are the only ones with the authority to make that decision, Mom. This is a secret mission." Well alrighty then. As it turns out, my teenage daughter isn't the only one I am failing to understand these days. But when Lane returned Sunday afternoon and I mentioned the little girl's father may not appreciate their spy work, he quickly quipped, "well then she shouldn't be my nemesis." There you have it.

I noted some concerning posts on Benjamin's mother's facebook and asked to pick him up for the weekend to remove him from a potentially unsafe situation. He was a delight to have with us this weekend as he helped with landscape rock, had a blast at a local elementary gym with some friends and honed his hover board skills. Ty abandoned his mission in order to play Legos, reenact Star Wars and Spiderman scenes and play driveway basketball until the rain declared otherwise. Taking Benjamin home is never easy on me, but this time felt especially more difficult. He wants to spend the month of May with us but Ty will still be in school and Benjamin's presence that long would be disruptive if he too wasn't in class.

Bedtime stories are now bringing the cats and sometimes the dog into the scene. Oliver is fairly certain it's all about him and Ada serves as quite the distraction but it's sweet to have everyone together.

Wholesome family group text:

And some truth from my latest bible study: