Today was a teacher workday so there was no school.

Boarder is out of town so the boys were home alone the entire day. 

They did fairly well today since I had given them a list of tasks I expected to have done by the time I returned home.

They only called once or twice during the course of the day.

I think they are trying to make a case for staying home alone this summer.  Try as they might...IT IS NOT HAPPENING.