18-month check-up complete! Batman’s indomitable will to continue growing as an exceptionally normal toddler knows no bounds. Toddler!

The first virtual annual bank shareholders meeting is in the books! And Meryl drew a bank while listening to Xanna talk. 

This kid discovered corn on the cob and went into an altered state of teething. Could not get enough of it. 

Holmes surprised us all this past weekend when he raced over to get Lummi’s food bowl at dinner time. From one bottomless pit to another, food unites us all.

Who knew jostling over who gets to feed Lummi would be a thing?

My college skateboard lives on! Let’s see if she uses it more than I did:) 

While Meryl is ‘supposed’ to stay in her room at night, evening shenanigans always seem to get the best of her. Last night, after hanging out in the doorway, she decided to sleep there too. (She also dimmed the bathroom light for optimal hallway slumbering as well.)

(Meryl)

One of our books refers to “using your brain” as “using your gray matter.” So when the kids discovered that their heads were hidden, we all had fun talking about finding their gray matter…over, and over, and over again:)

Well, one shelter-in-place perk is that nobody is around (in some places). Baylie strolled the kids down to the Seattle Center last week and they had it all to themselves!

It’s a nightly ritual.