Cross-country travel, leftover pizza in a bag, way too many chips for all of us, and another car ride to our friends’ place in Connecticut…the adventure is on!

Meryl made a bird feeder out of a zillion popsicle sticks and a lot of glue…and it’s working! Hello, birds!

We have a Second Grader! (With significantly fewer teeth.)

Meryl lost her tooth while sleeping last night! Talk about finding a needle in a haystack this morning. Luckily, it was hiding underneath her belly here:) And lucky her, she got to add a tooth sticker to the classroom lost tooth chart on the last day of school!

Last day of school field day of games and fun! We’ve loved learning with her teachers, Shannon and Amy (Holmes gets to go to school with Shannon’s son and now we get to be parents together!). And then Meryl took us up to the top of the Volunteer Park water tower for the views and a happy quiet moment to recognize her big day.

And here goes the great collection of recent pictures over the last couple of weeks. Holmes continues to get bolder on the buoy swing…heights and swipes!

Happy Birthday to me and Caleb! (Holmes is withholding his breath…after blowing out Meryl and Lainie’s candles last year, we know his game.) The Cuddy Mississippi Mud Cake is deeelicious!

This was just too cute. Visiting guinea pigs is exactly our speed!

Juggling! Thanks, Sam! Frank’s got goals:)

It started in Tofino and we’ve now got another reason to visit Discovery Park again and again! Kite flying and juggling, Frank’s well on his way.

Scooping poop!

One more visit before leaving Tofino…I love how much joy ‘any’ playground gives our kids:)

It was on our list and we had one last night to try it out on the beach, and now it’s become our obsession!