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I came home from a girls night out and found the rest of the family like this. Kinda sweet but looks so uncomfortable!

Nora's official last day of Pre-K was on Friday. I can't believe she's going into Kindergarten already. Boy, does time fly!  Here's the post from the first day of school this year:  http://simpsonsinseattle.blogspot.com/2018/09/back-to-school.html

Another boating day, er.... Father's Day, is in the books! It was a busy day celebrating the best Dada there is! First we had a nice breakfast at home with some present opening, then Scott and Evie did a quick walk through of the car show in Issaquah, and then we headed to the boat for a lazy afternoon before going to a friend's house for dinner.  Thanks, Scott, for all that you do to provide for this family and for making the girls the center of your universe! The girls each wrote a cute book about what they love about Scott and here's some gems: From Nora: - My dad is 90 years old and weighs 10 pounds - My dad is really good at working with wood - My dad is so strong, he can lift a big piece of wood - My dad likes to eat hot sauce and drink water - My dad always says "I am so sweet" From Evie: - My dad loves it when I snuggle with him - My dad is funny when he misunderstands - My Dad never tells me to go to bed - My dad is the best

Evie's dance recital was this past weekend and she did great! She danced to the song "Naughty" from Matilda, and remembered to go to the beat and do big movements so that we could see her from far away. Bonus this year was that PohPoh and GoongGoong were in town and were able to watch the show too to cheer her on! If you want to look at last year's performance, here's the link. Getting made up! Such a cute costume! Nora was not a performer this year and I think she felt a little left out. Evie is the one all the way on the right.

Happy birthday to our lovely Evie girl! This big girl turned 8 on Sunday and we had a fun-tastic birthday filled weekend of activities. On Saturday, we invited a bunch of her friends over for a jewelry making party and on Sunday, we were low key and had her favorite (fried rice) for dinner at home.  At 8 years old, Evie is a super sweet and gentle soul.  She hates scary movies and even not so scary movies like Home Alone and Moana because she gets so upset that the kids are on their own that she cries. She's pretty shy but very loyal to her friends - one of her friend's dad told me that he and his daughter, who was new to school this year, was grateful for Evie because she apparently befriend his little girl and pulled her into their friends group.  She likes listening to Podcasts like Wow in the World and Brains On, singing and dancing, drawing, and reading books. She just finished the Fudge series, which she thought was hilarious. She's still playing flute but it

Scott's birthday often falls over Memorial Day weekend, which, lucky for him, means we always get a long weekend of celebration time! This year, we went up to Orcas Island with Grammie and Grandpa and had a great time again. Here's some pics of what we did, but the highlights were: watching the aerial performers for the Greatest Showman theater production we got tickets to, biking around town, teaching Evie how to play monopoly and Grammie's yummy chocolate birthday cake! The drive home was terrible though - the ferry was late so even though we had reservations for the 10pm ferry, we didn't get home until 3am! Note to self that for next year, we should leave on Tuesday instead.    No wrapping paper so we improvised! Rainy day = learning to play Monopoly. Evie was hooked! Evie is loving the Fudge series. She giggles through out it. We went to watch a theater production of The Greatest Showman, which the girls LOVED. They enjoyed the music and the acr