Oops! We’re not quite fetch ready. Meryl is fetching her own stick here…with the most supportive of an audience:)

Puppy training class! And Meryl made a treat pocket training belt in her after school sewing club for this very use!

Here she comes! The Sea God has arrived on the stage at Meryl’s second grade theater performance!

In second grade, the students help write the play script and design their own costumes. Lola served a big part in Meryl’s costume design by making a cape and skirt, bringing to life her Sea God character!

So cool. Meryl that is:)

Yikes! It’s March and Holmes’ class play was in January! Here he is…the squirrel.

Holmes was actually one of three squirrels, amidst a number of forest creatures. He too had to learn his lines as well, though all the pre-K kids had several prompts on stage:) Also, Holmes was very proud to show us where he sat back stage, as stage mechanics and stage theatrics are so fun to learn when you’ve only seen one side of the scene!

So cool. Holmes that is:)

She made this quilt!

It’s like a calcium waterfall at our house!

Orthodontia, we have arrived! Meryl got an expander…with the color name, ‘party mix.’ (All the glitter.) Pediatric dentistry and orthodontia is bonkers advanced, compared to our ancient upbringing:) And yes, that’s a 3D model of Meryl’s upper jaw!

And looking so sharp in the Christmas shirt that Sasha sent a couple of years ago. When fitted is hip:)

Taking the next higher ramp like a champ!

I mean, I can, and I do, by taking all these pictures. Here we are at the WAC Mother Son race car themed night:)

And it’s spring and the sun is shining!

We ducked in from the sun to see Luchadora at the Seattle Children’s Theater, and it was so good! The play was about the Mexican wrestling culture, Lucha Libre, and a Chinese folklore, following a daughter taking on her father’s place in a championship match.

We still have a puppy!

In-service day, Holmes day!

Yep.