Author Archives: Sharon

Aug 26

OREGON ZOO

Yesterday, we went to the Oregon Zoo. I’m not exactly…a fan of animals. They kind of scare me. But I was super brave and went anyway.

And rode on a train and a carousel!

Aug 24

THINGS I SAY #61

I am at Legos @ The Library and the librarian is talking to one of the other kids.

Librarian: Raphael, do you know where Lego started?

Raphael: Norway?

Librarian: Really close! It’s one of the the Scandinavian countries.

Raphael: Finland?

Librarian: No, but close. It’s Sweden. Legos come from Sweden.

Me: (quietly to myself): Legos come from Denmark.

Aug 23

FLYING HIGH

Went to the ol’ airport again, just for fun, to go watch planes.

We saw a buuuuunch of them. But some of the highlights:

  • 75th Anniversary retro Alaska Airlines
  • Retro Continental Airlines (What?! Continental’s not even around anymore!)
  • Fighter jets
  • Iceland Air
  • JetBlue (rarely seen at PDX)
  • Spirit Airlines – gray version (I’d seen the yellow version and white version, but never gray!)

Aug 21

ECLIPSE 2017

Today was the eclipse! From our deck in West Linn, Oregon, we had 99.2% obscuration. Not bad!

We also watched the eclipse watchers down at the park behind our house. This was at totality, which means the sun is super strong! Even with 99.2% obscuration, it didn’t get that dark.

Aug 19

SPLASH AND SWING

We went to the Oregon City library to pick up eclipse glasses. And while we were there, I went on the big kid swings – for the first time! I also played in the splash pad, even though my swim suit was at home from all the swimming I’ve been doing lately.

Aug 15

POWER NAP

This picture was taken after going to the pool for 2 hours, a lunch out, Legos @ The Library, and snack in the car while playing iPhone games – and before I ran up our street pretending to be an airplane in flight and (while Mommy was trying to cook dinner) exclaiming, “Mommy, play with me!”