So much suspense:)

Blast from the past! When we picked Meryl up from school yesterday, she was learning how to make a friendship bracelet and it brought back all the memories. Now to build bracelet making stamina:)

It’s amazing what a couple of months will give in terms of growth and confidence!

Holmes already has confidence on lock, but he has gained SPEED on the scooter…multitasking with an apple in hand to boot:)

And boats and booms! So much to see and watch at the view spot.

…We’re getting ready for the ‘bomb cyclone’ rain storm headed our way!

Kids.

Found playground toys are such a treasure, especially when they’re construction vehicles!

We finally getting around to scheduling play dates for this kid and he is so proud and happy to have is own friends:)

The second graders at Meryl’s school had a market this week and Meryl got to go shopping! Her purchases included a handmade coloring book and popsicle stick snowflakes, and broccoli:)

We now get to pick-up Meryl from school inside! Well, outside, but inside the gate:) From showing off her latest playground feats to leading a floor-is-lava adventure near the chicken coop(!), it’s such a treat to get a glimpse of her day.

Kicking off the weekend with a visit to a local butcher. Sausages for these two main squeezes.

Frank picked-up Meryl from school last week for a date. First up, eating a Dick’s cheeseburger and milkshake in the trunk of the car. Then an adventure to Pacific Place downtown, a huge multi-story mall under renovation and empty because of the pandemic…and, most notably, a vertical cathedral of escalators:) Meryl loves escalators! They finished with a walk through Nordstrom, also empty but replete with sparkles and dresses.

She did it!

Time, practice, and patience…we’ve got a monkey!