Dear Mai,
A few weeks back you and I were just bumming around town and we stumbled upon the Center for Wooden Boats at South Lake Union. It was one of the last bright sunny days of the season and what do you know, they had a final sailing on their only battery powered boat named Dora.
We had no idea but every Sunday, year round, is free public sail day. They take people out for a short ride on the lake. We had no idea and apparently they usually fill up fast. We got there around 2 pm and we were perfectly happy just walking along the docks when you heard someone call a boat "Dora." We went over to it, talked to the captain and he said he was looking for a few more people to go on one final tour. Perfect timing for us! We got to see and learn more about lake union, living on the water and all that jazz. I had no idea that there are city "streets" (canals) within the little house boat neighborhoods.
We got up close with the Sleepless in Seattle house boat. (it's a movie that you'll have to watch at some point in your life if for nothing else to see some iconic landmarks of your beloved little city)
It was an awesome time and we had some great views of Seatteale.
You said, "that was so much fun Daddy but maybe the boat ride was just a little bit too long." Being on a boat out in the sun is tiring for my sweet girl!
We capped off our day with your favorite, dumplings! You were still pretty tired from our little excursion.
But once the dumplings came, you were after them. The restaurant (one of our favs), Din Tai Fung, has "training" chopsticks. Yay for me! </sarcasm> I couldn't imagine a world were it took you longer to eat than normal. I was wrong. You picked up each individual piece of rice with these damn things.
You have swimming class once a week in school now. Hopefully you can become an excellent swimmer soon and we can up our water game to renting our own boat > canoe > paddle board. Baby steps.
Love you sweet pea,
Daddy