Pajama day at school and a secret adventure after school to the special balloon store. Shhh…it’s a surprise for Holmes tomorrow!

Training chopsticks and a near two year old:)

We have a (little) big kid! He’s a champ, and pretty much snuggles into what looks like a California king bed at his scale:) He also napped at school today, after over a week of what we’ll kindly call ‘growing.’ Win!

Meryl’s blog footnote: “Holmes is in his bed. He’s starting to get big. His birthday is on Saturday.”

This rising two year old gets a new bed tomorrow! We’ve loved you dear, crib! Holmes, in particular, has loved banging his feet on the back wall to make as much noise as possible:) Safety and acoustics, comfort and entertainment.

Holmes is getting the ‘hang’ of sleeping without restraints. Now if only he’d take a nap at school instead of taunting his teachers and classmates during quiet time…we’re in for it.

Holmes tried on the sweater that Lola knit for Meryl, and decided it was his for the evening:)

Holmes’ second birthday is next week, his new bed arrives next week, and we are starting bed practice tonight! So long crib climbing teaser, we’ve got your note.

We added a medicine ball to our living room home gym, and every once and a while Meryl will tell us that she wants to pick it up to strengthen her arms…because they’re bored:)