Forget that smile, Mom, I’ve got this and know what I’m doing.

Home days are working out for Holmes:)

Gotta say, it was nice to get dressed up and have my makeup done!

Dose ONE! What a day. It was quick and transactional, like it should be. And there were lollipops, which make it all more noteworthy. Yes!

You bet we rode the escalator to celebrate afterwards!

I started crying in the car today after picking up Meryl. The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, the radio playing all the protest and empowerment songs…and our delight of a daughter sitting in the back with her summer camp popsicle. What a gift she is, as well as my choice to bring her into this world. We chatted about strength and bravery and how gender is not indicative of either (oddly a conversation she had with friends today), and that we get to choose how we treat our bodies and how we feel and who we love, not someone else. It was brief, it was a moment together, and then we decided to get a car wash:)

Holmes started summer soccer with friends last weekend and we’re still reminiscing about catching up with ‘our’ friends on the sidelines! A year older and this kid is emerging from helicopter parent participation at activities…the space between is a dream:)

As Holmes is home from preschool for the rest of the week (professional development days)…we discovered gymnastics open play time! Expend that energy! (Parents required on this endeavor, though. Bouncy kids be bouncing.)

Barrel rolls are back!

It was more like a slither swirl:)

‘Reading under a fort.’ Check!

New(ish) Father’s Day tradition! Before the pandemic, we used to go to the KEXP radio station Father’s Day party where they partnered with Pagliacci Pizza for pizza dough throwing fun and games…this year, we brought the party to the backyard! (We, of course, had to watch videos of ourselves pizza dough throwing for the memories.)