Paradise Found

*note: we are hosting a fifteen year old friend for almost three weeks, adding one more boy to the mix. I am SO outnumbered.

1. They are forgetful. When faced with instructions to pick up their shoes or put away the dishes, if anything – anything! – enters their eyesight before said task is complete, they will be distracted and the task will remain incomplete until they are reminded again. And again. And again.
2. They have a mind like a steel trap. When it is mentioned ever so casually that we might stop for a shave ice, the words shave ice will come up in conversation every 2.6 seconds until they have lips the color of an alien monster.
3. They cannot use the butter without turning the cube into something that resembles a failed attempt at carving Mt. Rushmore.
4. They say “Dude!” at least 78 times each day.
5. They always have it together. If I try to remind them of anything they might need to bring with them, they tell me they have it under control.
6. They are better actors than planners. It is guaranteed that when we get in the car and back out of the driveway, one of the kids who had it under control five minutes ago will say, “Stop the car. I forgot ________!”
7. No matter if it’s a short trip to the market or a day out at the beach; they will begin getting ready to go exactly four minutes before time to actually leave.
8. They think the inside of the refrigerator is an image to be watched for extensive amounts of time, without ever moving.
9. They do not do laundry until the only possible clothing option is pajamas sans underwear.
10. They really don’t mind hanging out in pajamas all day.

(Did I mention how much fun we are having ??)