I've noticed for a while that the kids call each other "Jimmy". It's really funny and I don't know where they got it from, but I didn't want to forget that they do that.
Friday, August 28, 2020
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Seattle w/ Safranski Girls
Friday, August 21, 2020
Cuz x 2
Another fun week with Pdx cousins!
Rick Bond boated us up about 1.5 miles for us to float down. Super fun. |
Everybody cubing |
Lazy man's (seated) ping pong |
al fresco dining outside Some Bagels |
Squatter shoppers |
More fondant - garden |
Kelly's boat later in the evening |
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They did these hilarious wars to see who could wrestle who off |
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Spike Lee Growth Updates
6.18.2020: Weighs 342 g
7.7.2020: Weighs 475 g
Monday, August 17, 2020
Happy 44th Birth-Dae!!!
Birthday Boy. He had his pick of one BR cake and 3 lovely fondant cakes whipped up in the past 24 hours in the Lee kitchen.
We all enjoyed making the tiger print on the inside too |
Took out the paddle boards for their inaugural family float. It was lovely! |
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Funny |
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Stung twice on Snyder Boat launch. The bees this year really cause some major swelling. |
We watched YouTube videos on how to make fondant cakes and now it's our new obsession |
Al & Olin. haha. |
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Cubing
We probably spent 15-20 hours over two days in Seattle learning how to solve the Rubik's cube. We watched a YouTube video, Christian solved it first (probably took him about 3-4 hours to figure out) and then by the end of the day he was down to about 2 minutes per solve. I was the next member of the family to solve my first time the next day. Olin has managed to solve one time and Babz is still on step 3 out of 7. ha! I can now solve by memory in about 5-8 minutes.
A majority of our weekend |
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Time spent for two "solves" |
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Ballard Saturday market |
Sunny Sunday evening |
Cloudy Saturday morning. Such a difference in the view! |
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Golden Gardens Beach again. Our go-tos are now Seattle Bouldering Project and Golden Gardens |
Braces off! For now. We're going to wait until the root tips close up a little more on the lateral incisors before putting braces on them. |
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Making wontons together. Kids loved it! |

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Olin was extremely perturbed when Dae made this overstuffed wonton and put it on our tray. He even separated it from the rest. |
Still enjoy boxes |
Our inflatable SUP arrived (1 of 2). Finally, we have some sort of water device! |
I took it on its maiden voyage down the Columbia about 1/3 of a mile. I then paddled back up. It was very pleasant! |
Haircuts. This time I actually thinned out Christian's top at the roots, rather than just the ends. |
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