If these walls could talk...

So many comings and goings through this front door...

 "Look who's here!"

Happy children, Netflix marathons, out-of-town family
and friend visits, impromptu artfests with neighborhood children...

"Is Emmy here?"

Learning to crawl...walk...run...

"Why is there a moon on the floor, Emmy?"

 "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" in the piano corner...

 Butter sandwiches, cinnamon toast, fruit punch,

water-play in the sink...

 Cozy fires...and P-E-A-C-E on the mantel...

and mad dashes through the living room...hanging over

the ledge to see what's going on in the kitchen...

 Emmy & PapaRob's room...with sleepovers on the couch

and in the bed...latenight TV watching...

2-hour baths with tubfuls of tub toys...

 PapaRob's retreat...financial planning...photo-play...

compilation-making...holding down the fort...

 "I TT'd in the potty!"

Emmy's STUDY-O...creation-station...retreat for

visiting friends and family...happy place!

 Water play...game-playing...bubble-blowing...

little boys and neighborhood kiddos making the outdoors FUN!

 View from the patio, while enjoying the view

and reading and writing...many a new thought and

moments of gratitude showed up here!

"Time to go, Emmy..."

And it is!

Thank you, Sweet 16 House, for five and a half

years of having a place to call home.

It was grand!!