10 NOV 25

“Yali... did you sleep in your jeans last night?” // **belch** “Yup”... clearly he's been hanging out with Boy Scouts...

It's a simple start to a day of classes for Yali and Patience... just some squawking and giggling as they carve into a shared breakfast omelet sprinkled in basil...

And they're coasting through a little basic geometry without much distraction... just the odd wet willie... when...

...big brother joins for some gen-u-ine old school tom-foolery which begins with Puck and Patience arguing through an impromptu spelling bee wherein Puck amazes Patience with his ability so spell nail-biters such as “compassion” without error... “How did you DO that?”...

...while Yali hustles to the fridge for a bowl of homemade cookie dough bites to “sit back and watch the show”...

...which is when things really take off as Puck begins to rattle un-popped popcorn kernels into Patience's violin which creates a puzzle box for her to solve...

...while Yali laughs aloud and pops back another cookie dough bite...

After lunch Yali and Patience feel simultaneously inspired to mix up a batch of “oobleck” in the kitchen leaving Patience's hands the shade of Wicked Witch of the West...

...and Yali gets busy slapping silly face stickers on the Roma tomatoes...

Before everyone splits into the evening for various expressions of work and play...

...Yali and Patience find it somehow necessary to break yet another glass bowl of dinner on the floor...

…and the dog is now on her third day of sneaking chocolate from places I didn't even know had chocolate...