It was Nana’s birthday, and the Taylor gang came down for the occasion! Yay!
We made letters to create a cool “Happy Birthday” sign.
And we made birthday cupcakes.
And then Nana arrived and we celebrated her latest trip around the sun! Happy birthday, Nana!
I went on a field trip to the Oregon Children’s Theater to watch Dragons Love Tacos with my class (AGAIN!). Those sussy boys next to me are Gavin and James.
The green slide is my very favorite slide at school. It’s insane!
Kenji and I celebrated my 10th birthday at the Great Wolf Lodge!!!
There was so much to do there. First, we hit the arcade.
Then we went into the Moonstone Mine and discovered gemstones with a sluice.
Then we went to the waterpark, OF COURSE.
And there were so many other things! A dance party, arts and crafts, gigantic desserts, glow-in-the-dark mini golf, and a magical scavenger hunt called MagiQuest.
It was so freaking fun! I can’t wait to do it again.
We like picking up food at Oregon City Brewing Company, which we’ve gotten in the habit of calling “Corner 15.” It’s filled with food carts and all outdoors, so it can get cold while we wait for our food! Thankfully, they have FIRE.
Cayah’s birthday wish was to go up to Mt. Hood and hike to Trillium Lake. So we did! I’d never done anything like that and it was both super fun and tiring. We did a lot of sledding, ate snacks on the trail, and made it back to the car in the dark. What an adventure!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
The snow and ice melted enough for the Taylor Gang to go home. We built some domino setups before they had to go. I had a super fun time, Kenji!
Kenji and Sakura were supposed to leave today, but it snowed and got really icy. So we got to keep them for an extra day!
It was another amazing day with Kenji and Sakura! We woke up early and hit the ground running.
A little Sakura trivia: she loves the harmonica.
We went to Nana and Papa’s house for an early Christmas celebration.
Then we went home and lit the candles for the fourth night of Hanukkah.
