When I'm back in my homeland (northern MN, not South Korea), I always get a kick out of the orchids and onions in the Mesabi Daily News. I'm not even sure it is a widely known concept because when I Googled it, the first entry was a non-profit dedicated to "education and the promotion of outstanding architecture, planning and urban design throughout the San Diego region." But never fear, fellow Northlanders, the MDN shows up only 8 listings down. For those of you who aren't in the know, Onions & Orchids is an opinion column in my local hometown newspaper, where people give "onions" to things they thought were bad and "orchids" to the ones that were good. It's an airing of the grievances of sorts. So here's the Orchids & Onions Chunglund weekend edition ...
J2 would like to give Onions to haircuts. Even with Paw Patrol, a Dum Dum sucker, and this really cool firetruck, haircuts continue to be the worst.
Little Miss J would like to give Orchids to a play date with her best friend, Ava. We had Ava over a couple weekends ago and Ava's mom reciprocated on Saturday. Little Miss J had so much fun, she's already talking about the next play date, and asking whether it can be longer than the last one!
Orchids to the gorgeous weather and being able to swim outside with friends. Watching J2 jump in the water was the highlight of the afternoon. At 2.5, he couldn't seem to get the timing down - he'd jump on the edge of the pool and then just step/fall into the water. But he was very very proud of himself. J2 would probably give Onions to having to stop swimming. I was finally able to lure him out with an offer of Pirate's Booty. Thank you, Carol!
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| perfecting her backfloat |
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| dinosaur hat selfie! |
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