A flying butterfly and fresh breaths to set dandelion seeds a flight.

Riding on into dinner at Giddy Up for burgers and sundaes:)

Science! After measuring the temperature of seemingly all of the school’s surfaces, Meryl’s class made solar ovens and tested out their baking capacity in the sun! She and two friends made what they called the “Mega Solar Oven,” which was each of their three ovens combined into one architectural heat trap. And the chocolate chips melted!

More family fortunately keeps coming to town and we keep getting together!

They keep falling out!

Spiderman shoes! Frank and Holmes are packing twinning heat these days:)

Thanks, Xanna! Twenty-three Dragon Masters books to read this summer, bring on the magic!

Thanks, Xanna!

Holmes is getting braver and braver with wanting to swing higher and higher on the buoy swing!

Practicing Taylor Swift dance moves for McKenzie’s Taylor Swift themed birthday party! And, we’ve discovered (ahem, Meryl brought us into the future) a kids dance moves video set that’s all the rage. I tried it myself, but I wouldn’t claim my ‘moves’ to be dancing:)

Sharing your cake with other people’s kids and babies:) It’s just the best! I think Meryl and Holmes claimed every single decorative accessory on top of this cake.

We recently rediscovered this kinetic sand construction kit in the garage and it’s all the rage. Found toys are the best! The kids self-organized an assembly line of sorts to turn the sand into blocks for building a house. Holmes took it upon himself to use the selfie stick to offer back scratches…ahem, employment benefits:)