School's Out

Today was Ernie's last day at his daycare. I think we liked it fine but the new place we found provides meals and is closer so that made it an easy decision.

His teachers were really nice and we will definitely miss them. One we liked so much that we asked her to babysit. I think that will give Ernie a little bit of continuity in his life and it's someone that we already trust to look after him so again another pretty easy choice.

The school laminated some pictures of us to put on the wall at school and today he took that home with him. He really enjoys looking at photos of his family members.

He likes to play with my dad's old bike which gives me the feels.

I've been playing a bit of Fallout 76. It's an online multiplayer addition to the Fallout series which is why I've avoided playing it for several years but my Fallout thirst got too dire and I finally relented. They recently began releasing episodes of a Fallout tv show which has really triggered me into wanting to play something. The game is fine but I think I'll be done once I've completed the story content.

Cool Pool

Today we visited the North Shore Lagoon Swimming Pool at the McMenamins Anderson School in Bothell, WA.

The McMenamins passport has stamps for visiting places but it also has stamps you can get for performing various actions or buying specific products. Once you done a few you get a gift card prize and if you play your cards right you can come out ahead.

I like the pool here a lot. A little bit of theming goes a long way in transforming a pretty standard indoor pool into a fun and unique place to hang out. I especially like the several waterfall elements that they have going.

Ernie is actually a pretty good tooth brusher.

Birthday Stuff

Ern did some walking practice with his little walker toy thing then we headed out for adventures.

We visited Kelsey Creek Farm for quite the event: sheep shearing! The Farm is owned by the city of Bellevue I think just for goofs. I'm a bit confused about what exactly they're doing here, but it's a fun place so whatever.

Later we went to Dolar Shop with our friends Kuoling and Jason to eat some fancy hot pot for my birthday.

The desserts here really stood apart. They gave you ice cream but also:

An entire dessert bar full of all sorts of exotic stuff.

It was a lot of fun.

Puts some pants on, geoducks!

We hadn't eaten quite enough desserts yet apparently because then we went home and plowed into this princess torte from Hoffman’s in Redmond.

"This is our most popular cake! Sponge cake spread with raspberry jam, filled with whipped cream and Bavarian cream, iced with whipped cream, and covered with marzipan."

Back in college a lot of people called me princess torte.

Taco Wednesday

Ern was being cutesie today.

Got a box full of good stuff in the mail from Grams.

Made a mess.

In the evening Lydia and I escaped and had dinner at Cantina Monarca in Bellevue.

We had a margarita flight.

The end.