After all the sugar, Meryl went swimming in the sand at the beach:) On her belly, digging her hands down deep, then throwing sand in the air to fall on her face. This girl.

We have recently become enamored with a mischievous squirrel that jumps across the driveway, plucks our choice lettuce leaves to eat (while we just watch, of course), and then flattens out spread eagle on his full belly for a rest. Over and over again.

 We need a few pinches because, thus far, Meryl’s a champ! In prep for her new bed coming this week, we took the face off her crib today, armed her with R2-D2, BB-8, and Tomato in front, and held our breaths...so far, so good! We’ll see how long it takes for her to realize that the ‘entire’ room is her’s to explore:)

 We headed to the Edmonds dog park beach today for a Bernese Mountain Dog meet-up! Meryl got to play with seaweed, barnacles, rocks, and tiny little sea anemones, while Lummi checked-in on us between water romps.

 Who knew pruning the tomato plants would attract such a scene?

New water and sand table! And, a watering hole for Lummi.

 We’re gearing up for the big girl bed switch! Meryl loves her new quilt and R2-D2 and BB-8 beanbags, at least while they’re in the living room. Her crib and glider chair will adorn the office next. With part-time pre-school starting in September and big-sister status in November, we’re trying to not layer too much ‘new’ in Meryl’s life at once...though I know we’ll be dreaming about crib confinement in a week:)

Even the hovercraft close behind agrees!

Filling-up on fun!

 Reaching for the beach continues! This time, we headed just below the house to the Olympic Sculptue Park, where we discovered purple and black seaweed.

Frank’s Dad has an inscription at the Olympic Scultpure Park as well, so we get to visit Lolo when we’re there too!