1:15 pm Kids are like cats.
Me: Okay, you’ve been in here playing on your Nooks long enough. Time to go outside and play. [He proceeds to outline several options for outdoor play.]
Boy: I’m too tired. Can I take a nap?
Me: Now all of a sudden you need a nap? You can lie down on the couch outside.
Boy 2: Can I play on my Nook outside?
Me: No.
[Boys huff in utter disgust. General annoying whining from both. One heads for a hammock. The other drops onto the patio couch. Uncle Jack goes outside and starts filling the wading pool from the hose completely ignoring both boys. He sprays the hose straight up in the air to make it rain and he laughs. He attaches the sprinkler and shoves it under the water to make a fountain.]
Boy: Uh… can I do that?
Me: Just a minute. Let me get it set.
Boy: Oh. Okay. [Now he *really* wants to play with it.]
1:25pm Both boys are in the pool playing with the hose and filling up water balloons, laughing and playing faintly strange games with the water hose.
Okay. I get it. Lesson learned.