School’s out, so we get to see Griffin when we head up to Austin during the day …

Having heard about Parker’s newfound appreciation for artichokes, G asked when he might get a taste.

“Someday soon, buddy … someday soon,” was our reply.

It’ll be fun to see Parker coach him through the proper technique for eating those butter-dipped leaves of goodness. But having rescheduled our day with P, it wasn’t to be this time around; G had a prior engagement with a former classmate. So we just picked up P on Wednesday, which happened to be face-painting day …

“That looks like a patch,” was my first thought. Sure enough, two days later a wild bit of Deb’s cloth called out to be included. A good call, I’d say.

And, as always, our time together with P was well-spent …

including an inventive solution to missing puzzle pieces. Elsa never looked so good.