Lumpia party

Happy Birthday, Meryl! We brought Lola and her homemade lumpia to Meryl’s class on her birthday to celebrate with her pre-school friends. And as the second youngest, Meryl finally got to use the special birthday candle snuffer to snuff out three candles for being three years old!

Birthday twin

Meryl shares a birthday with cousin, Lainie! Lucky for us, we caught her on FaceTime after she came home from her own birthday dinner to celebrate!

So much food

And she’s (almost) three! Weather was great, friends and family are great, and the food stole the show. Seaweed hand rolls for the kids (interactive!) and chili dogs, Cool Ranch Doritos nachos, and lumpia for the adults! I think every kid drank an average of five juice boxes, and each made sure to have cookies and a slice of Chelsea’s chocolate cake. Pre-nap perfection.

“I’m so strong”

“Yes you are!” Setting up for Meryl’s birthday party tomorrow. Frank and I both had a couple of moments today realizing that Meryl is growing up. Has it really been almost three years?

A queen and her castle

Meryl’s teacher at school sent us this picture of Meryl’s creation that she called her ‘castle.’ She was beaming with pride and told her teacher that we needed to see her castle.

Holmes is nine months old

Nine months! And tonight, he graduated to the big bathtub. He’s achieved proficiency in sitting, crawling, grabbing, eating, clapping…and tipping over Lummi’s water bowl. Big month!

“I’m sneaking”

Meryl’s putting her creative genius to work with nightly attempts of never going to sleep. Last night’s shenanigans topped the cake, and we still can’t stop laughing about catching her in the hall when she said, “I’m sneaking!”