It was raining and dark. But I wanted a Christmas tree. So we went to our regular place, Shannon’s U-Cut and, as usual, I picked the perfect tree! (I also checked out the prices – we got a 6 ft douglas fir.)
Because we’re also in the middle of Hanukkah, we saw this giant inflatable menorah on our drive home.
Once we set up the tree, I got right to decorating. Now for those presents to start rolling in…
Now that I live in the Cedaroak boundary, I get to take the school bus! I wasted no time and started the first day we lived there. This is me getting off at my stop for the first time!
And we have a nice little walk home, through the park and over two little bridges.
We moved to a new house! Before we left the old house, I got to sit where the TV used to be.
Finley helped pack up the garage.
This is what it looked like before the furniture was about to get loaded onto the truck.
Sunnie didn’t like the moving process at all.
But Finley seemed completely relaxed about it.
He did want to spend one more time in his catio…
…before it was taken apart forever. The next catio will be epic, Finley! (Window art by my friend, Cayah!)
I got my first dose of the Covid vaccine. It hurt a little bit. Waiting for 15 minutes was boring. Mommy was happy.
Another Halloween, another huge haul of candy! This year, I dressed up as a roller coaster!
You maaaaay know by know that I really love roller coasters and amusement parks. So here are some amusement park drawings.
One of my favorite YouTubers is Olli43. This is his park, The Mega Park.
I made a little comic about a family going to an amusement park. (Start at the top right.)
I made a drawing honoring Wicked Twister, a roller coaster that closed forever this year.
And here is Cedar Point, the roller coaster capital of the world! Another favorite YouTuber, Taylor Bybee, is visiting there.
We continued our primary school playground tour, starting with my very own (and very favorite), Cedaroaks!
I showed Mommy and Daddy how I like to hang on the monkey bars and then drop down.
I also really love the swings.
But probably my very favorite is the play structure.
Then we went a little down the road to Bolton Primary. Those poor children don’t have a very good playground. But I still had a fun time. (And our last school, Stafford Primary, had their playground locked. Maybe we’ll try next weekend!)
I got this cool idea to visit all of the playgrounds at West Linn’s primary schools. So we visited three of them today and we’ll do the other three next weekend.
Today was my final visit to Oaks Park this year. They’re closing for the season soon, so I had to get on my favorite rides!
I love Zoom Coaster and got lots of rides on it. Before one of my rides, I just had to gaze at it lovingly from all angles.
Oaks has a mini museum display about its history. It’s been around since 1905!
I even got one of my new favorite treats – Shave Ice.
We closed out our day on the Scrambler! But we’ll be back next year, of course.
And what else will 2022 bring? I’m hoping to get to Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire, as well as Knott’s Berry Farm (or will it be Worlds of Fun, Silver Dollar City, Six Flags Over Texas, Hershey Park, Discovery Kingdom…….???)
It was my first day of 2nd grade! And I actually went to school IN PERSON. I thought it was kind of strange, but I was also really excited.
I have Miss Janes as my teacher this year and I enter the school through a different gate than I did when I was in kindergarten.
I had lots of fun at school, but I was tired when I got home! (But then I was totally ready to play Planet Coaster when I got inside.)
