I realized I have several photos on my phone that I meant to share. So here’s a big dump of what’s been going on at our house!

Kid Shenanigans:

Making their favorite lunch together – Jack makes them the Cup Noodles, Sam makes the smoothies.
Easter goodies
He spent hours working on a paper craft. Sometimes he gets absorbed in his creations
Pinewood Derby his with youth group. Very casual compared to Jack’s Cub Scout experience, but just as much fun.
“Living Wax Museum”
The kids each did a report on a Colorado historical figure and could dress up if they wanted (Sam’s was the “Sioux Tribe” and, thankfully, did not want to dress up.
They each had a “button” on the floor that you step on to make them recite their report.
Jack and his robotics team at the spring semester expo. They didn’t win big points, but they won Judge’s Choice again.
I just thought he looked cute arriving home from school.
Ben introduced Jack to REAL ramen. Big fans.
I escorted Sam and his friend to school on bikes. They were so proud of themselves!
No hands!
Sam had outgrown his hand-me-down bike, so I got him a new one while he was at school.
He loves it. It has gears!
Jack all packed up for Outdoor Lab. Nervous but excited.
He had a great week but was happy to be home!

Jack’s school posted pictures from their week at Outdoor Lab on this google site.

Cat Shenanigans:

I had this sock basket for 4 months before he discovered it.
Birthday treat! She’s 5 years old.
Guitar wires!
Trying to knit
All up in my crafts
Came home to this
Chicken?

My things:

Movie time!
Back in the theater after another hiatus.
I like watching cafe videos to chill out. Finally tried this Korean cafe in the mall. Meh. My homemade stuff turns out better.
Strawberries in Hibiscus Passion Tea while I choreograph.
My version of the Jollypong milkshake – with oat milk ice cream and maple syrup.
An oat milk strawberry latte
Regular milk strawberry lattes for the boys
The Passion tea with mint added.
Knitting and waiting in the middle school parking lot.
Going to watch The Lost City.
Our first family meal “in” a restaurant since 2020!
This was weird, see below*
Picnic in the park
My musical with these lovely ladies wrapped. Total success!
Still working on this sweater…

Not pictured – going to see Doctor Strange this weekend. Amanda took Jack to see it the same morning and I totally regret it – it was a straight-up horror movie! I didn’t think they would let Sam Raimi go that deep. Jack is happy he saw it, despite feeling worse and worse as the day went on (he brought home a cold from Outdoor Lab. Several kids came back with covid, but Jack has had daily negative rapid tests since then and his PCR on day 4 came back negative too). Ben and I loved the movie. I wish we could have eaten dinner there too. Sigh, someday we’ll do a classic Marvel/Alamo combo again.

*Ben came with me to watch a k-pop concert movie Seventeen: The Power of Love. Now, the movie wasn’t anything weird. Normal performances and interview clips. But the theater didn’t have the subtitled version, so I had to use my weak Korean skills to figure out what they were saying. I was pleased to understand the gist most of the time! But the really weird part is that we saw it in 4DX at the Regal in Denver Pavilions. It’s a Korean movie tech usually used with action movies, like in this trailer. But for our movie, the chairs were violently dancing in sync with the choreography. It was utterly bizarre. Tiring too! I was relieved every interview portion to take a break from gripping the armrests. I know the choreo really well, and I could tell someone put a lot of effort into replicating the movies through vibrations, rotations, tilts, and mechanical prodding. But. . . why? It was so distracting and odd. There were floral scents, mist, strobe lights, and bubbles too. It was the strangest thing I’ve done in a long time.