Rainy Morning
Rainy Morning

Face Swaps

My parents are in Germany, heading next to Austria and Hungary.  My sister is traipsing around India.  We are spending our Mason spring break in boring old Arvada.  Ben brought excitement home by joining the face-swapping craze with his phone.

Results were hilarious and frightening, as expected.



Proof that Jack and Sam look very very similar:




St. Patrick's Day

 Speaking of big deal holidays, St. Patrick's Day never registered for me, except an excuse to bake soda bread and avoid the drunks on city streets.  Then my kid started school and suddenly we have a reason to celebrate.  Jack spent all day telling me about leprechauns.  Apparently one visited his classroom while they were parade.  It upturned chairs and spread glitter and candy all over the place.  

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Sam and I make some festive snacks at home.  

Broken Glass Jello

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Rainbow Challah
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And sliced into corned beef sandwiches.  It's pretty good if you don't look at it while you eat it. 
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Jack was delighted by this dinner :-)

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

If you don't have a primary school-aged child, you might not be aware that Dr. Seuss's birthday is a Big Deal.  It is also National Read Across America Day.  I had forgotten all the hoopla that we had with preschool last year.

Jack's teacher shared photos through ClassDojo (that I stole with screenshots).  They got to wear crazy socks to school, do special crafts and activities.  Below you can see their hats and the kids testing whether they like their bread buttered on the top or bottom.  I helped celebrate by making Seuss-like cookies for my boys. 

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Swim lessons: minnows

I worried that taking a break in February would make it hard for Jack to start the next level of swim classes.  But he was a happy, floppy fish today!

I could never get him to walk kick for me.

My view :-)

High -five-giving after getting a toy off the bottom of the pool by himself.


Oscar night

We hosted the annual Oscar Pool viewing party again.  It was a good turn out and a lot of fun to see friends again. I even came in third second!

Missing Brian hard though.  Love you, Loophole.  We did our best to keep the pool true to your terms (even when we disagreed with your system!)

Snow Ice

It took almost a year, but Taiwanese Snow Ice has come to Denver!!!



Near Colorado and Evans you can find Snowlabco and get your snow ice on.  It's squeezed in between a marijuana dispensary, a rental car shop, and under a Brazilian capoeria studio.  They were running out flavors that night so we couldn't get the basic sweet we wanted, but it was still very tasty.

 



Hard to compare because I had chocolate, but I think I prefer the one in New York that was made from cream based ice.  This one is vegan with soy milk.  It lacked richness.  But still totally worth the drive across town to check it out. 


The kids were at the Apex Center for tonight's date night.  Prior to snow ice we found another gem in a sketchy strip mall, Ambli.  I saw their menu on the Denver Restaurant Week site and it looked good.  If I had known it was near a McDonald's, a Dollar Store, and a power station I might not have gone (I was searching in the "Cherry Creek" neighborhood).  But the restaurant actually had great ambiance and a delicious variety of foods.  One of the better places we have tried lately.  We spent most of the meal discuss the Cosmere, as I had finished the latest Brandon Sanderson book* last night.  Ben has me hooked.  I'm thinking of going back to the beginning of Mistborn now that I know the whole trajectory of that world. 

Date nights are the best :-)




*Whoops, not the latest.  Daaaaang.  That dude is prolific.