Author Archives: Sharon

Dec 10

SANTA CLAUS

The Autism Society of Oregon set up a sensory-friendly Santa experience. No music or camera flashes! (They GET me).

Still, there was no way I was going to look at the camera lady. (You can’t just trust a total stranger.)

Instead of asking for toys, I got down to the important business of asking Santa what airlines he’s been on. He said North Pole Airlines. What?? Never heard of that one…and I’ve heard of ’em all.

I also let him know all of the roads we drove on to come see him.

Then it was off to the craft table to make a cool ornament. Thanks, Santa!

Dec 8

THINGS I SAY #68

Mommy is admiring my lovely hair.

Mommy: Where’d you get all this hair???

Me: At Safeway. I went in the door, through the pharmacy, got some Zantac, went north down an aisle, then turned east, and there was the hair.

Dec 7

CROSS PARK BRIDGE

While driving on I-205 last week, I noticed a walking bridge out in the distance. As soon as I got home, I had to find it on Google Maps and then find a time to go hunt it down. Today was the day!

Dec 4

ZOOLIGHTS

Yesterday, we went to the Oregon Zoo to see their annual Christmas light extravaganza, ZooLights.

But first…had to check out this awesome bridge! (I love bridges.)

Then it was time to hit the carousel, one of my favorites.

It finally got dark enough for the lights to turn on…

Then on to my other favorite – the zoo train!

Added bonus: Supermoon!

Nov 29

THINGS I SAY #67

I’m talking to Mommy and Daddy about what I want to see the next time we visit New York.

Me: I want to go to the Freedom Tower.

Daddy: Okay. How about the Statue of Liberty?

Me: Yeah! And I want to see to Staten Island!

Nov 25

MORE FACTS ABOUT MOMMIES

Here are some more things you should know about the (formerly island nation) world of Mommies:

  1. Only kids can drink beer.
  2. A half-chihuahua, half-Yorkie named Ghiradelli lives there.
  3. A baby girl named Hugs lives there with her parents, Violet and Hunger, and her Aunts Mary, Rosie, Q, and W.
  4. Mount Mommies is 1,087 meters tall.
  5. The suburb I used to live in is called Alexatop.
  6. It takes 4 days to travel from Minneapolis to Mommies (which is pretty fast considering you have to travel through 6 big worlds and a bunch of small worlds to get there).
  7. Two of the worlds on the way to Mommies are called Daddies and Fife the Onion.