Malcolm and Julie Visit - Summer '11 (pt. 3) The End

So Malcolm really enjoyed one special thing about this trip although I believe he enjoyed the whole thing. He really liked having Josiah here. He commented to me that  "it is just nice to have another boy around to play with". Josiah did a great job playing with Malcolm. He had to go to football every afternoon so he wasn't able to participate in everything we did but whenever he could go he was right there having fun with Malcolm.

On the last day we (Julie, Josiah, Malcolm, Sammy and I) went swimming/fishing again to Smith Mountain Lake. We went to another one of our special spots that you can swim privately. Technically you aren't allowed to swim there but no one has said anything to us yet so we'll keep going until we get told otherwise. We arrived rather early when it was still a little chilly so they planned to fish for awhile. Malcolm had gotten a new fishing pole and was enjoying learning how to cast out.

But the fishing didn't last very long. He just kept getting in more and more until he decided he was done fishing and was ready to swim. And swim they did!

We left in time to come home for lunch and then later that evening Josiah and Malcolm played a whole bunch more!

Malcolm was having trouble eating his dinner and Josiah promised him (all on his own) that if he would eat it he would wrestle with him and that Josiah would get him Dairy Queen with his own money. I was pretty impressed. As was Malcolm. He ate right away and they left for DQ almost immediately.

Then the wrestling began.

Malcolm enjoyed participating when Josiah attacked Uncle Jon and Uncle Jon attacked Josiah. Let's just say there was a lot of testosterone in the house!

Then Aunt Julie and I did what any good aunts would do in this situation. We began the calm down process by playing a nice calm game. 

We had an absolutely awesome time. I find myself eagerly anticipating the next time Malcolm comes to visit (just as long as Julie comes along too). It was nice to be able to share the fun and the responsibility with Julie!