First day of school! Meryl is now a Mountain Room kid, while Holmes is a Cloud Room kid…cheers to reaching new heights!

Runaround! Carrying on one of my favorite childhood games with the kids. My Grandpa would lie on the gold shag carpet of the living room floor and I would run around him with my cousins…trying not to be caught, but also veering too close so we would:)

Tiffany’s birthday cookies arrived! This year, Meryl got 4s (naturally), dump trucks, and her forever favorite Honey Buckets! So fun.

Tennis lessons began today. The courts were in use, so we got creative in the backyard.

We discovered a new nearby beach tonight…and we will be back! Happiness.

Up the beach for bites, down to the water for dips.

Meryl extended her salon services tonight:)

When do they head to college again? I mean, it’s great they’re playing together. I mean, we’re in trouble:)

Bring on the probiotics! We’ll see how it tastes in five-ish days. Tomorrow’s project is to blanch, squeeze, and freeze Lola’s garden of kale into little balls for soups and sautees in the winter. Urban homesteading here we come.

Meryl was inspired by Scott sweeping leaves across the street and decided to sweep our sidewalk too. We’re now hoping that Scott starts a YouTube series with videos like making the bed and putting dishes in the dishwasher:)

Our favorite! What fun it is for her to talk to Meryl and play her requested song. We may have also told Meryl that Kelsey wrote back in the chat that she hopes Meryl eats her meat and vegetables tonight:)