August 11th, 2020

 Day 157 continued: The Tiko chronicles: I only have 40+++ years worth of cleaning Tiko’s water every week! I only have 40++++ years to clean him off after his messy eating and I only have 40++++ years of meal prepping whose diet is better than us humans! And yet I still wake up every morning excited to greet sweet Tiko.

G had his first shopping experience with a friend without us and came home beaming with all the stuff he got and managed to still have $2 left. Thanks RS for including him and the hilarious picture! I forget sometimes how much he needs that little bit of freedom to grow, it’s so hard to let them grow up! Just before bedtime we found this beautiful salamander on the trail! O ran all the way home, poor salamander, to show his brother.