There’s a first for everything! Baylie texted us today to say that Holmes fell asleep…sitting up. Staying awake all day yesterday flying back to Seattle apparently wore him out too - we ALL could have used a nap on the plane!
Wild night
Xanna and Lucy sure did have fun with the kids while we partied into the (bright light) night at Jendy and Jordan’s wedding!
In the raw
Meryl loves oysters! Or mignonette.
Gorgeous book stand
Thanks, Jane!
Savings 101
Lesson 1: Open a savings account! Meryl scored the lucky Easter egg filled with a $5 bill during our block Easter egg hunt (thank you, Jenna!), and Frank had the good idea of having Meryl and Xanna open a savings account together this summer. Complete with a purse:) Three generations of savings accounts at the bank, right here! Lesson 2: Tellers have lollipops.
Surprise!
We did it! We did it! We threw a surprise 70th birthday party for Xanna! And, she was SURPRISED!
Any class is First Class
When you live life like Meryl, life is good.
Quite pleased with himself
The PT journey continues! Holmes is on pace with his age, and these visits continue to be a great education in physical development generally. We’ll be back in two months and have exercise homework to do in between to make sure side preference is equal.
Family Visit
Of Meryl’s many words, ‘family’ is one she knows and loves to talk about. (We write family names on her back every night.) And she sure has a lot family, Holmes too! Yesterday, my Mom’s siblings (my Uncle Rudy, his wife Auntie Baby, and my Auntie Luz) stopped by from Canada to visit and meet Meryl and Holmes for the first time. The first thing Meryl said when they arrived? ‘I have a lollipop!’ She also offered up a ukulele concert:)
Holmes is eight months old
And he’s coincidentally wearing the same outfit he wore when he turned seven months old. So we switched the backdrop and added a sister.
Clafoutis
Cherries are at a premium these days in Washington. With the disruption of the Chinese export market this year, eastern Washington farmers have left cherries on the trees because it’s too expensive to pick them without any buyers. Not wanting ours to go to waste, Frank and Meryl made clafoutis this morning!
Thank you, Roger Federer
Roger Federer took an extra hour to unfortunately lose to Novak Djokovic this morning at Wimbledon, which diverted our plans to spontaneously meeting up at the toy store with Chelsea to return her cake tin. Luckily, we made out with airplane entertainment we would have never coordinated otherwise and a single fizzy bath soap ball for Meryl (her one item choice from her cart of many, heavily advocated for over the lawn mower she initially preferred).
Wings and tater tots
And then we introduced Chelsea, David, Everly, and Bennett to Wing Dome down the street. It’s always amazing how the not planned ends up being the best plan.