Category: The Seattle Times
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Dim sum takeout
My haul from Jade Garden. I asked for four egg tarts; they gave me four ORDERS of egg tarts instead. Couldn’t let the extras go to waste, so… .
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Sledding in April
Cherry blossoms and tulips popping up everywhere in our neighborhood, but we decided to have another go at the snow before packing away the snow stuff for the season. Sledding in April!! Best part was we slept in and moseyed up the mountain and got a spot no problem (there were only a handful of…
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Sugar sugar
Fourth grade science lesson: Amount of sugar people 200 years ago ate in a day (2 teaspoons), vs. amount of sugar people eat in a day now (22 teaspoons).
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Tulip Fest is back for 2021
An extremely cold and wet day at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. The boys only looking excited because I’m promising them ice cream! ice cream! (Funny how that works, ice cream makes them smile even when they are shivering and soaked and it’s raining sideways.) Tulips won’t be out for another week at least, but…
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Kid-recommended books and shows
We do better when we’re hooked on a series; it takes away the agony of picking the next book. For Paul, that’s Pete the Cat right now. What are you reading and watching? I asked around and got a bunch of kid-recommended books and shows for this Seattle Times story.
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One-year anniversary of remote school
It’s been one year since my kids were in school, and I’m not sorry about it at all. I was a little nervous writing this (let the hate mail begin!), but I feel like the whole conversation has been dominated by overwhelmed parents and depressed students. There ARE kids for whom remote learning is working…