I want to a nutrition class once, and one of the takeaways was to have lots of colors on your plate (of vegetables not jellybeans that is). I certainly think we hit the mark tonight.

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Today is Jasmine’s first day of fifth grade. The last year of elementary school. She is now the big kid around campus.

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Our friend Julia invited us over for the annual tie-dye party. We all colored a couple shirts. We also painted lots of socks. ( Next time we plan to bring less socks – too much work rinsing. )

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I took the girls (Jasmine and Grace) to the nearby Indian Buffet for lunch today. This place has the best tandoori chicken, which we all chowed down on. Although, the girls also enjoyed many helpings of rice kheer and nan.

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This week was the Washington Park Summer Festival. I finished up work early today to head to the park with Jasmine. We scouted out the amphitheater, it was already filling up even one and half hours before showtime. But we still had time to browse the Rose Garden and recreate at the big playground down the hill.

We strategically set up camp center stage and enjoyed the DJ bali hits blasting from the speakers while watching the dancers warm up. They are certainly quick flexible and strong – one guy did a head stand literally with only head and shoulders – his hands and arms were pointing skyward.

This was our first time seeing the troupe NW Dance Project. And there was also a banjo musician thrown in for good measure. Gotta love Portland.

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