Author: Caroline

Remember drinking yang le duo when we were little? I’d forgotten about them, until Yakult popped up in “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” Those bottles seem a lot smaller now!

Aaaaand kindergarten jump start is a wrap! I feel like everyone is busy pooh-poohing virtual kindergarten (it’s not ideal, obviously), but the teachers really tried to make the best of the situation. Paul loved the activities in his goody bag.

If money were no object, what would you do? Chris: Paint the house, trim the trees. Me: New roof, electric heating and cooling, hire regular landscapers. Eleven years of marriage, 2 kids and a mortgage later, what fun, wild people we’ve become.

My human 🥨. 😲

Our lawn is yellow and crunchy and full of weeds, but our rose bushes have gone nuts. If this is what it looks like under complete neglect, imagine what it’d look like if we actually took care of it.

Math henge! We received this set of Cuisenaire rods as part of Joseph’s summer school program, part of a surprise package (opening it was like Christmas). Overall, I was very, very impressed with online summer school. It was a mix of pre-recorded lessons (loved the math games!) and meetings with a real teacher who was…

Tofu pudding with boiled peanuts, grass jelly with taro balls and milk tea with boba. Why does food sound unappetizing when it’s translated into English? But ugh, SO GOOD. Meet Fresh (Taiwanese dessert chain) is the real thing, and totally worth driving to Bellevue for.

Blueberry picking was hot but very productive. We went once in July and they weren’t ripe yet, but today, the bushes were just dripping with big, juicy berries.