September 15, 2004 - Wednesday
Last Friday evening the boys had a new baby-sitter: Eddie, a high school boy from across the street. Things went just fine apparently, save Harry negotiating his way to 9:45 before going to bed (we told Eddie 8:00 was normal but that it didn't really matter too much, and it didn't, although 9:45 was later than we thought it would go). We had to leave right after the boys sat down for dinner and apparently the boys convinced Eddie to bring them outside in the waning daylight after dinner. So, what do boys do outside? For the last several days Harry and Jeremy have been going out to this tree in front of our house, calling it a fort, and banging around with sticks. I'm guessing that's what they did with Eddie until he taught them about climbing. (Eddie's a good kid and I'm guessing he didn't like the banging of leafs much more than we do and tried to redirect their focus, but I'm not sure of that.) Of course, the tree is a little too tall for our boys, but Harry resourcefully configured this ramp from a stick and he and his brother have been frequent climbers ever since. Well, at least Harry is, Jeremy mostly supports the endeavor.


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