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Beautiful day at RoozenGaarde. I cannot get enough of these flowers!

Southcenter has allllll the Taiwanese snacks. There’s Meet Fresh, which has the best bubble tea and tofu pudding. And 85 degrees C, where I stock up on at least one of everything. Din Tai Fung was packed, so we didn’t go in, but we got to watch them making those beautiful little balls of yumminess…

For Joseph’s 11th birthday, I baked a cake like the one Hagrid made for Harry’s 11th, and filled the upstairs shower (which we never use) with balloons. Joseph looks forward to that balloon mosh pit all year; amazing how a $1 bag of balloons makes all his dreams come true.

Another item to add to the list of “last time we did this was 2019”: Seattle Children’s Theatre! “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” was absolutely adorable. My review is on ParentMap here.

Look closely at these petals and you’ll see it’s actually a tiny purple checkerboard. This flower has been popping up in our yard every spring and I finally found out what it’s called: fritillaria meleagris. Tulips and azaleas in our front garden beds, the time of year when our yard briefly looks really pretty before…

Last night, we went on a date with dinosaurs! Dinos Alive, which opened today, is a new immersive exhibition in Sodo. It’s put on by the same people doing the Van Gogh show; the dinosaurs are in another section of the same warehouse. Here’s a link to my story on ParentMap.

A friend treated us to a skate session at the new Kraken practice facility. Very fancy!

I made brown Es for the boys this morning. They were not amused.

Our daily commute down Dravus is especially pretty this time of year. 🌸 Literally all of Magnolia is covered in blossoms right now. This is in front of a neighbor’s tree.

Hypothesis: Plants need sun and water to grow. Results: At the end of a two-week experiment, we found that plants grow best with water and NO sun. We identified common household elements and compounds. There’s a new, previously unknown element that’s missing from the periodic table (added by Paul).