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Meeting dogs at the department picnic. (6/1/24)
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We keep a lot of dogs at home, but it's still always fun to meet new ones. (6/1/24)
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Celebrating the news of Daniel's promotion to full professor with dinner at McMenamins. (6/1/24)
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Stopping by the toy aisle at Hiron's while picking out
pinata candy, party favors, and decorations for the upcoming birthday
party. (6/3/24)
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Pondering
deeply what to say to the tooth fairy. They ended up writing
about their and Hazel's birthdays, since one of those is soon and the
other was today. (6/5/24)
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Lee
got a special pin in their card from Oma Suzy. (6/8/24) A
layer of strawberry jelly for the middle of their birthday cake.
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Lee is delighted to discover that the frosting will be flavored with freeze dried strawberry powder. (6/8/24)
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Lee enjoys taste-testing the strawberry frosting while I get it spread smoothly over the cake. (6/8/24)
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Choosing how to arrange the soccer dudes before placing them on the cake. (6/8/24)
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Strawberry soccer cake! (6/8/24)
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Lane films himself speaking in ASL for his sign language class. Here he seems to be saying, "Class now." (6/8/24)
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Birthday
party preparations begin with picking out balloons -- Lee's favorite
colors are orange and cyan, but this blue was the closest available.
(6/9/24)
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Staking our claim to some picnic tables for the birthday party. (6/9/24)
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Lane plays goalie as the kids at the party play soccer. (6/9/24)
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Crafting some pizza on a Minecraft crafting table plate. (6/9/24)
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Lee got some lovely, thoughtful presents from their friends. (6/9/24)
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Getting ready for a very different way of playing soccer. (6/9/24)
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Grand Janet made such a lovely soccer pinata. (6/9/24)
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It
lasted perfectly through two whacks from each kid... up until the one
before Lane. So, Lane got to whack at it after it broke.
(6/9/24)
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As always, the wind helped blow out the candles, trying to take a wind tax on Lee's wish. (6/9/24)
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Lee attacked the balloons earlier, so turnabout is fair play. Now the balloons are chasing Lee. (6/9/24)
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A grand birthday lunch of salmon nigiri, tofu pockets, and trying shrimp tempura for the first time. (6/10/24)
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Time for a chaotic but fun round of Fortnite Monopoly. (6/10/24)
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Lee picked out several kinds of candy for decorating their cake. (6/10/24)
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The sour ribbon was good for spelling out the number eleven and adding a rainbow. (6/10/24)
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The cake needs one last touch... pearly centers for the roses. Perfect! (6/10/24)
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A lovely and funny handmade card from Aunt Amalia. (6/10/24)
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Lee was pretty confident they'd be getting Breath of the Wild, but they're still very excited by it. (6/10/24)
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They did not expect this laser tag set, and they seemed even more excited about it. Avery less so. (6/10/24)
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Trying out Breath of the Wild while waiting for it to cool down enough outside to try out the laser tag. (6/10/24)
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The
kids started their laser tag match by hiding from each other on
opposite sides of a field. That turned out to be too cautious of
a strategy. (6/10/24)
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Round and round the shrubby trees, running and firing... (6/10/24)
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...until we all fall down. (6/10/24)
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We tried to declare a rest space, but not everyone respected it. (6/10/24)
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Uh oh, now we're using journalists as body shields and even attacking them outright! (6/10/24)
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Time for a duel. (6/10/24)
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If only we remembered the lyrics to "The Ten Duel Commandments" better... (6/10/24)
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Lee sings "Happy Unbirthday" to all of us, while we sing "Happy Birthday" to them. (6/10/24)
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Previous level completed. New level attained: eleven years old. (6/10/24)
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Ms. Bradley's elementary school graduation party for her class of five. (6/12/24)
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Friends and classmates. (6/12/24)
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Picking out a book for summer reading. (6/12/24)
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Celebrating the start of summer break by solving an Escape Room mystery... (6/15/24)
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We all worked together, everyone solving different pieces. (6/15/24)
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And we finished with fifteen minutes to spare, because we're just that good. (6/15/24)
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Lane made a banana cake for Father's Day. (6/16/24)
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These are some pretty good kids. (6/16/24)
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Time to play laser-dog. (6/18/24)
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Sneaking up on each other. (6/18/24)
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A weekend full of friends' birthday parties. (6/23/24)
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Making a perfect batch of pancakes. (6/29/24)
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Lee loves riding their bike. (6/30/24)
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