Finley often likes to join me during my class’ morning meeting.
He’s not always that helpful when I’m trying to look at my day’s schedule.
After a while, he gets tired of school and starts making mischief around the house, as usual.
MY SCHOOL HELPER
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WEST COAST WILDFIRES
A few days ago, the sky suddenly got strangely orange and the sun was just a little red dot. There were forest fires nearby, but it wasn’t too smoky yet.
The next day, the sky got super orange and was kind of dark even though it was daytime.
Now it’s really smoky and we can’t go outside anymore.
FIRST DAY OF ONLINE LEARNING
It was my first day of first grade!
After a morning meeting on Zoom with Ms. Murphy and my classmates, one of my assignments was to go outside and play. I’m liking school already!
WEST LINN PLAYGROUNDS REOPEN
West Linn’s playgrounds finally reopened! We went to the playground that is always empty, no matter what. I had the place all to myself.
MISCHIEF MAKER
Finley is the best kitten ever! He’s a big mischief maker and we never know what he’s going to do next. I love playing with him and watching him do all of his crazy things.
MEET FINLEY!
On August 19th, 2020, Mommy and I drove to Tillamook to pick up our new kitten, Finley!
Isn’t he the cutest?
He is the king of naps.
He loves paper bags.
And watching the birds through our screen door.
He also likes lounging in his cat tree.
One of his favorite things is the packing paper that comes in delivery boxes.
Sometimes I find him in the strangest places.
He’s my new buddy. I love him already!
EAST FORK LEWIS RIVER
We drove to Battle Ground, WA to have a socially distanced river outing with some of Mommy’s friends and their kids.
I decided I didn’t want to go floating in the river after all (so cold!), but I did use our raft as a couch while I had a snack.
The East Fork Lewis River is really cool. I drive over it every time I go to Kenji’s house! While wading in it, I saw tadpoles, river snails, and caddisfly larvae!
POWDER CREEK CAMPING VIDEO
CAMPING AT POWDER CREEK RANCH
I went on my first camping trip! We headed west to Powder Creek Ranch in the Shiloh Valley. I loved the creek immediately and spent most of the afternoon there.
Next thing you know, it was time to start a fire. I collected kindling around the campsite and Daddy got the fire going.
Then I spotted a deer who came for a snack from the nearby apple tree!
On our first night, we had chicken sausages for dinner, cooked on our propane stove.
Once it got dark, it was time for bed. But then we woke up to this beautiful view of our creek.
We went for a walk around the ranch to look for farm animals – and we found them!
When we got back, it was time for an oatmeal breakfast. A bunch of moths were sleeping on our picnic table. I gently poked one and it fluttered away.
I loved this hill and rolled down it on my skateboard, dubbing it “The Campsite Coaster.”
Then it was time to wade in the creek again. My goal was to walk all the way to the Nestucca River, but the rocks were too slippery to make it. Also, the water was cooooooold!
For lunch, we had ramen cups. They were good!
And then it was time to make a fire again. We had a lot of firewood, so we got it started early.
For our second night, we made pie iron pizzas on the fire.
And s’mores, of course!
It was super fun and I’m already thinking about where I want to go camping next summer!
GARDEN UPDATE: LETTUCE AND CORN
We planted a used up head of butter lettuce and it grew into another big ol’ head of lettuce!
And our corn is starting to grow little tassels.
