Baylie and Holmes had some deck time in the sun! Yes, he’s also growing.

 ...And then Meryl found Lola’s chocolate stash:)

Father-daughter-son doughnut party this morning.

Meryl and I headed up to Sonja and Gavin’s today for a cheeseburger party! Gavin has put 10,000 hours each into eating and making cheeseburgers...and his are indisputably the best. Sonja’s homemade pickles, Gavin’s homemade burger sauce, American cheese, and Heinz ketchup (only Heinz) - gently steamed in a wrapper for ooey-gooey goodness. And tater tots to start:) Bonus round for Meryl was getting to meet Moe, their cat, sleeping underneath the covers.

 Lola and Tito time! Also, time to make freezer meals for lunch as I’m heading back to work tomorrow. This time the focus is on sides and components to make a meal - cooked lentils, pesto and puréed veggies frozen in ice cube trays to add to pasta and soups, granola, hard boiled eggs, etc.

The first bottle in Meryl’s wine cellar has been procured! 2016 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon is racked and ready to age...twenty one whole years, when she’ll no doubt prefer drinking wine with her Dad over jungle juice with her friends at a college party:)

Four month check-up complete!

The sun is out and the temperature reached the low seventies today, time to let the fresh air flow.

And so begins the birthday party circuit. We joined Meryl’s preschool friends today at Theo’s birthday party in the park, where Theo’s Dad took us on a search for Yeti. We saw white fur along the trail, heard Yeti howl in the woods, and actually saw Yeti! But he ran away before we could catch him, he is shy after all. Luckily, Yeti is also friendly and left everyone treats inside a fallen tree for our walk back to the playground for birthday cake.

All about bellies today! Meryl insisted on sliding on her belly, and then we filled our bellies with dim sum down the block. Chopsticks tutorial 1.0 was also a success! Though, huge scallion buns are much more fun to eat with hands.

Within the last week and a half, Holmes has broken out of his swaddle, rolled over in his Michelin Man sleep suit, and is now learning to sleep in a sleep sack with flailing arms. I will say this, he has slept for nine hours straight...which means he can do it again! When?

Checked a bunch of things off our list while running errands today, and Meryl discovered that there are bathrooms everywhere too! (And, that bathrooms can also be called ‘restrooms.’)