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Yipao in 2013 was a blast and I'm so glad that I recorded a bunch of mini movies so that a decade later I could relive the experience.

Naughty Foxy

Springtime Sweets

Look at these stunning seasonal cakes from Vegan Treats! I can't decide which one I like best....

Springtime Artwork

Check out what Lucy and I coloured on Saturday! (Bonus is the fab drawing Lucy did earlier in the week of a bunny with melting chocolate all over her!)

Lucy and the Snake

Springtime Krispy Kreme

Look at the bunny and chickie bum ones!!

March 2023 Books

♥ Dragon's Fat Cat by Dav Pilkey - So cute!! I can't wait til October when I can read Dragon's Halloween. Dav Pilkey can literally do no wrong.

* Braiding Sweetgrass ¹ by Robin Wall Kimmerer - This one was recommended to me by Natalia a couple years ago and I finally got around to it. The section on language was fascinating and this was definitely an important book that needed to be written. The author makes for an excellent narrator. Some parts were less intriguing than others but I'm still glad I listened to it.

♥ Carry On by John Lewis - What a brilliant, kind, extraordinary man. This book showcases his brilliance.

* Ratburger ¹ by David Walliams - This book was just okay. Not my fave David Walliams, that's for sure. But when Zoe's stepmum calls her Dad a "useless git of a husband" I broke out into hysterics and then later that Dad calls her an "evil cow" I was busting out laughing all over again. The last third of the book is what earned it the asterisk.

Jessamy Court by Anne Maybury - I loved Maybury's The Jeweled Daughter but felt genuinely let down by this one. I started reading Jessamy in 2022 but other stories took it over for the number one spot. I wasn't crazy about it from about halfway through but decided to keep reading until on the third chapter from the end. It just started to annoy me beyond belief and I put it down. But I went back, sped read and skipped a few pages til I read the end. Totally dumb.

¹ - audiobook

² - abridged version
* - liked
♥ - loved
Any unmarked titles were, in my opinion, so-so.