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The running of the dogs. (4/2/24)
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Kicking off birthday season with a beautifully decorated half price cake. (4/4/24)
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The cake came with flowers -- we added M&Ms, a moose, a spaceship, and candles. (4/4/24)
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As Daniel has always said, birthday season is a time when everyone should be happy. (4/4/24)
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Preparing for a long day of airports and airplanes. (4/6/24)
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Which means a lot of phone games. (4/6/24)
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And a lot of waiting. (4/6/24)
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We
were expecting to stay in an AirBnB with multiple rooms, but when we
got there, someone else was already in it. So, we ended up
sharing one small hotel room. Here's Daniel preparing to juggle
the birthday presents that we brought along for him. (4/7/24)
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Brunch at the Galaxy Cafe. (4/7/24)
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We picked up a cake from H.E.B for the impending birthday. (4/7/24)
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Swimming in Nancy's pool while the older people chat and catch up after years apart. (4/7/24)
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A spontaneous reading of On the Difference Between AI Cats and Actual Cats: A Love Story after it surprisingly wins the Ursa Major Award. (4/7/24)
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It's
kind of tight sharing one hotel room for all of us, especially when one
of us is a very big kitty-cat who's busy here playing with the wrapping
paper from Daniel's birthday presents now that they've been opened.
(4/8/24)
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We've traveled a long away. Now to find out if we'll get to see anything... (4/8/24)
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Trying to get a closer look at the eclipse. (4/8/24)
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The thick clouds occassionally allowed glimpses of the sun as it slowly turned into a crescent. (4/8/24)
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More people gather as we get closer to totality -- totally unsure as to whether we'll get to see it. (4/8/24)
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Ready to soak up those nice soothing totality rays. (4/8/24)
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The thick cloud cover melted away like magic mere minutes before totality. (4/8/24)
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The
sky stayed clear until the moment totality ended. The birds had a
lot to say about this unexpected event. (4/8/24)
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Oma Suzy teaches Lee how to strike a match and light candles with it. (4/8/24)
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The wind blew out the candles as they brought the cake out. (4/8/24)
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After several attempts to relight the candles, Daniel simply took credit for controling the weather today. (4/8/24)
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Not as rare as an eclipse, but bubbles are also a natural wonder. (4/8/24)
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Lots of bubbles and then a single really big one. (4/8/24)
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Bubbles, bubbles everywhere, but not an eclipse in sight. (4/8/24)
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Hail
is different in Texas -- it's smooth and large and plummets down at an
unbelievable speed, kind of like ice cubes being thrown at you from the
sky. (4/9/24)
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Catching
a quick, short night of sleep before a long, long day of airplanes and
airports that started way, way too early -- 2am, our time. (4/10/24)
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Hannah hugs! (4/10/24)
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The dogs missed us while we were gone. (4/10/24)
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We
continue celebrating both Daniel's birthday and our Ursa Major win
while Truggster tries to guess which cats are real and which are
fake... I mean, cake. (4/10/24)
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Getting back into the normal swing of life and getting some work done at the 5th St. Alley Market. (4/12/24)
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"It's soccer. The sky is crying." (4/13/24)
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Lee's team won 4-2. (4/13/24)
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Tongue competition -- Hannah's is definitely longer. (4/17/24)
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Before getting to run freely around the dog park, Hannah needs to practice walking nicely on a leash. (4/18/24)
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Hanging out at the dog park, climbing trees and looking at funny things on phones. (4/19/24)
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Riding bikes with their friend Daryll and his family up at the reservoir. (4/21/24)
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All tired out from a family trampoline jump. (4/21/24)
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It's not entirely clear who's getting tucked into bed here... (4/21/24)
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A
fantastic outing with Grand Janet to pick out plants for her garden,
rewarded with popping-pearl boba on the way home. (4/22/24)
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Lee finds half a wish. So they wish for two otters. (4/22/24)
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Graphing biology? Math? Taylor Swift lyrics? Hard to say. (4/24/24)
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Scooping ice cream for cherry floats. (4/25/24)
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Pouring out the cherry soda. (4/25/24)
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Thinking
about what to write to the tooth fairy and about how Sonic the hedgehog
would make a good tooth fairy because he's so fast. (4/26/24)
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Kelly decides to particpate in Lee's video games. (4/27/24)
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She's not very helpful... but then... it's not clear that she's trying to be. (4/27/24)
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Lee brought their scooter to the dog park. (4/30/24)
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Rollin' along after the dogs. (4/30/24)
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