Taylor Swift has taken over Meryl’s playlist and Holmes found the perfect book to give to Meryl, which is about Taylor Swift:) (Also, wrapping presents is for Christmas.)

Turns out that above all the gifts Meryl had on her wish list, her latest entry just days before her birthday (so much for planning ahead) was a set of reusable water balloons. They’re actually very cool. Magnets hold the silicone spheres together and they do indeed blast apart upon contact. Target practice in the backyard! Even Xanna got in on the action.

Cake milkshakes!

On Meryl’s birthday, we joined up with her second grade(!) classmates for indoor mini-golf, which was a last minute Plan B to meeting at the beach, as wildfire smoke descended upon Seattle that very day (no longer unique, but a true end of summer season of weather). Lucky for Meryl, her party was the day before with good air quality. Lucky for Holmes, he inserted himself as the life of this party:)

And we got the whole pool to ourselves!

To the Locks!

They’re here! The salmon are here!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! (Disregard the twelve minute Legoland movie.) We’ve been counting sleeps to this day.

Mix it up! Halo Halo is a Filipino dessert with a whole host of sweet yumminess and shaved ice…and it tastes best when mixed up. Sweet living in the summer!

This is the No Sugar Bug Club right here,  earlier last week at the dentist, watching a movie on the ceiling:)

Backyard games with Noelle, Caleb, and Eva! Thank you for the bringing the magic bin of fun, Allison!