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Multnomah Days Parade 2012

I’ve been to the Multnomah Days festival in years past, but I’ve never been to the parade. So this morning Jasmine and I headed to Multnomah Village and got ourselves a good spot. Lots of good things to see, I especially liked the dogs dressed in pink, King Coal, and ‘The Beat Goes On Marching Band’.

As usual, Jasmine got a bag full of candy and even a toothbrush kit – which she put to good use later that day.

Daddy Daughter Night

Jasmine and I had a ‘Daddy Daughter Night’.

After work, I picked her up from camp. She was playing monster dolls with her friends. She asked for a picture with a couple of her camp leaders.

This is actually her last week at the Parks & Rec summer camp program – so I knew she would be sad. So on the walk to the car, I told her tonight we are going to the movies to see Madagascar 3. She was quite excited.

She then asked what was for dinner (which she asks every evening when I pick her up). I said we are going out for pizza! She really liked this plan. Also it was 100 degrees today, and I certainly didn’t feel like cooking in our hot kitchen.

After dinner, we got our seats in the theater. We both enjoyed the movie – there was some beautiful animated scenes and some good humor. Although, I think there could have been more penguins.

As the credits rolled, Jasmine got a bit grumpy and wanted to go home right now. I replied “so you don’t want to go to McDonald’s for dessert?” She instantly perked up, saying “I can go, as long as you get me a Happy Meal.”

Food Adventure – Korean

So last weekend we attempted to go to Olive Garden, but it was a 40min wait. So we wandered around the shopping complex and saw an interesting food display at this Korean restaurant. We had never had this cuisine before, so we decided to try it. The waiter/owner was very helpful in guiding us to a menu selection.

The use of eggs seems very dominant. For some reason, I was expecting everything to be very spicy, which is actually good for me, but Emily and Jasmine would not agree. Most dishes instead had subtle flavors.

Obviously we liked it, because we came back this weekend, and this time with my camera.

Jasmine has gotten pretty good with the chopsticks.