Wonderland

Wellllllll, what can I say? The white rabbit and I are late for a couple of important dates. It's been a whirlwind couple of months and when I say whirlwind, I mean a complete mess... of loveliness and sweet moments and hard goodbyes and a myriad of other fun stuff. My biggest (but still very, very small in my mind) monkey graduated from pre-K (proudly) and set up her first entrepreneurial venture all in the same week. This girl is ready to move on to bigger and better. She is most definitely the daughter of my dorky self who loves nothing better than a good day of school and her father's kid who can identify and carve out a business niche in the neighborhood like it's, well, her job. 

In the midst of celebrating and bidding adieu, we got some much needed hands to pack up our house in Seattle. Has anyone told you how not fun packing and moving is? I remember moving out of a dorm room as painful, but you add a few Legos to the mix and it all goes down the toilet. The good news is that I never plan on moving again so come visit us in our new house! Suburban Massachusetts is lovely for the next 1000 years so you'll know where to find us and our not-moved-selves.

We finished up in Seattle with a much needed tour of local ice cream joints. It's about the only thing (along with a littie bit of Johnny Walker) that makes your forget about boxes and packing tape. 

I also managed to harass friends into letting us tucker our little people out.

And we said our final goodbyes to our sweet little Craftsman

 But we said hello to...

our new house (thanks to Nana for the picture)! Wahoo!

In the midst of all the craziness of packing and saying goodbye and moving and flying and unpacking and saying hello and seeing old friends, we have sneaked off and had some fun (is that allowed when your life is contained in many totes and boxes and bubble wrap? Apparently and necessarily).

Enjoying Molly's oft requested meal of Maine lobster

Jack took Nana's hat to new heights

And stood on top of the world... or on the tippity tip of Block Island

And even enjoyed a freshwater dip.

While this has certainly been a nutty, nutty summer, we're looking forward to being a little more present (hallelujah! I've been waiting for someone to pay attention around this joint) and able to be back in the swing of things. There is a lot on the horizon as we get ready for the big Kindergarten leap (I'm not sure who is more excited for that upward movement... though only one of us chokes up a little when we think about how dang old our baby is) and Jack leaves behind his beloved co-op preschool and starts afresh at a new school, which thankfully has a few cars and train tracks kicking around. It's been an up and down and over and under summer but we're enjoying the ride again... now that we've divested ourselves of those boxes.