April, '23
(Part 1)

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Lee has Hazel's foot.  She doesn't seem to mind.  (4/3/23)


Lane wanted to bake something, and Lee suggested a strawberry cake.  (4/3/23)

Lee writes a letter to the tooth fairy.  (4/3/23)

Since a strawberry cake was Lee's idea, and Lee loves orange cats, Lane decorated the cake with an orange cat.  (4/3/23)

An absolute triumph of a cake.  (4/3/23)

Lee finds out they'll be getting a newer, better phone and responds, "Todd voice:  hooray!"  (4/4/23)

Reading the tooth fairy's response to their letter and learning that tooth fairies don't seem to understand much about human technology.  (4/4/23)

Some of the stickers Lee got from the tooth fairy have cats on them.  (4/4/23)

A bonded pair of guinea pigs.  And staying up super late at night, dressing up like Taylor Swift songs.  (4/6&7/23)

Decorating cupcakes for their dad's birthday.  (4/7/23)

Early morning start to a big birthday.  (4/8/23)

We made it up to the Japanese garden in Portland.  (4/8/23)

The cherry blossoms and a tiny waterfall.  (4/8/23)

A moment of zen beside the rock garden.  (4/8/23)

A moment of zen beside the koi pond.  (4/8/23)

We followed the Japanese garden up with dinner at the Cartlandia food carts, and then waiting in a very long line.  All in all, it made for a very Portlania birthday.  (4/8/23)

Playing phone games and listening to a guy dressed like Where's Waldo play "Blue" on a saxophone while waiting in line to attend Rachel Bloom's incredible "Death, Let Me Do My Special."  (4/8/23)

Preparing their Easter baskets at the end of a very, very long day.  (4/8/23)

The soggiest, rainiest egg hunt within memory.  (4/9/23)

The look of a child who's struggling to find hidden eggs.  (4/9/23)

It's hard to see the eggs when they get in your eyes.  (4/9/23)

Trying out multiple strategies for decorating eggs.  (4/9/23)

Artistic vision.  (4/9/23)

Yeehonk, because we spent much of the day watching Schmigadoon.  (4/9/23)

A fun holiday activity for the whole family.  (4/9/23)

Dying the last egg every color, and posing with their eggly creations.  (4/9/23)

Another lost tooth!  This one was really lost, but Lee did eventually find it in their bed the next day.  (4/9/23)

Lee successfully cracks an egg.  (4/11/23)

Lane is teaching Lee to bake.  (4/11/23)

Restringing Chandler, so Lane can learn to play Taylor Swift songs on violin.  (4/11/23)

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