After we returned from southern California, the boys and I hung out a couple of days on our own while Stuart worked.  We caught up on some video and board games, and the boys helped me do some grocery shopping.  By Friday it was only slightly warmer, but enough for us to go swimming.  We played some version of tug a war in the pool, and it was fun but tiring.  Over the weekend, Stuart and I spent some time working on our project in the backyard, and did some more swimming.  Connor also had a birthday party to attend on Sunday at the other local cabana club.  He had fun hanging out with a few of his classmates, and sometimes he tried to swim around on his own.  We had pizza and cake in between swimming breaks, and we stayed longer than I expected.  The week off was very nice, but it was time to return to work and start the boys in nine weeks of summer camp.