Bank Board meeting day, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star had to be sung across the Internet:)

And air conditioning. (I kind of never want to give up quiet time.)

Proof of my lung capacity!

PJ morning with Xanna at the vineyard: a lizard drinking water, bugs galore, checking out the apple trees where Eater the bear hangs out, and sheep eating grass and weeds!

Xanna’s version of snack time is a bit different, chocolate milk! Vacation:)

Yep. No need for a frequency check or to turn the walkie-talkie on, everrryone can hear Meryl:)

Inflatable (or inflated?) impulse purchasing at the hardware store! Who are we kidding, is there even a parent scoreboard? Let’s not forget the six-foot inflatable alligator that’s half blown up…we’ll see if it makes it into the pool before my lungs give out.

Coming to a new Lawer Estates website near you! Kids, a dog, sweating cheese in the heat, first time paying attention to our clothes in over a year, thinking about how to smile naturally while smiling naturally…we did it! Now for the editing magic:)

‘Cool’ entertainment during the photo shoot…and then Meryl wanted to put all the ice cubes back in the freezer, because they were melting:) That’s the point!

Or…a found activity that is far more interesting than sitting still at a restaurant table waiting for food and calmly discussing the day:) Holmes can’t stop saying, [Cali] “stoga.” I think he’s enjoying himself.

We have gotten into a pattern of watching women compete on American Ninja Warrior as our nighttime settling down activity. It’s so fun to cheer for the competitors when they make it to the end of the course! Meryl’s favorite obstacle is the ‘salmon ladder.’

A two-and-a-half year doctor’s check-up yesterday and a pre-school parent teacher conference today (so fun!) and Holmes is remarkably remarkable:)

We have this audio recording toy that the kids enjoy speaking into and replaying. This morning, Meryl sought out a quiet place to record herself singing Jingle Bells. Because, as there are few songs in my own repertoire of known lyrics, I sang Jingle Bells ALOT to them when they were babies (babies!)…and so Meryl now sings Christmas songs year round too:)

We picked up pizza takeaway from a restaurant in the spheres tonight after swimming! Meryl has been wanting to go inside for a long time, and while we still can’t go on a tour, stepping one foot inside was the satisfaction she needed to cure the tease…for now:)