Happy birthday to my favorite cousin, Kenji! We visited Seattle to celebrate his big day. He specifically requested a rainbow cake.
He liked dipping his finger in the frosting.
Then it was time to blow out the candles.
SUCCESS!
One thing I gave him were my old Duplo blocks.
He liked them as much as I did.
Then the next morning, we went to brunch. Kenji loves to put Daddy’s hood on his head! Happy birthday, Kenji!
Nana and Papa are visiting the Pacific Northwest, so I took them to one of my favorite places – Color Me Mine!
Before we went to the farm yesterday, Kenji and I turned letters and numbers into robots with my Alpha-Bots.
And when we got back home, it was time to protect the homestead with our water shooters.
I was also determined to be able to pick up Kenji.
But it just devolved into a group hug.
Before Kenji left this morning, we noticed he and Daddy were wearing matching shirts! It was fun having you here, Little Captain America!
Kenji is here!
He’s a big animal lover, so we went to Triskelee Farm in West Linn. I was also excited to see the pigs and llamas (turned out they were actually alpacas) because they’re my favorites in Minecraft!
First, we waited for our farm guide in a cool barn.
Kenji and Aunt Lisa played a game of ping pong in the barn.
While we were waiting, Kenji and I liked running down the little ramp outside the barn.
Then it was time to see the animals. The goats were first.
Kenji went right in and immediately started feeding them.
I was pretty scared of them and terrified at the idea of feeding them…but I did it anyway because I’m super brave!
Then it was time to see the pigs. Daddy liked this fella, Fungi.
And Kenji and I hung out with Shiitake.
Then it was time for the alpacas.
I definitely was not going to feed them, but Kenji did!
It was around this time I was wondering when the farm tour would be done…
…But there were still ostriches to see!
Kenji was immediately ready to feed them some corn.
Daddy liked feeding them, too.
I liked holding the big soft ostrich feather.
The ostrich I liked best was the one in this cage…
…the baby!
Then it was off to see the horses. Daddy loved them!
Thanks for the tour, Triskelee Farm!
On our final day visiting Kenji, we went to Volunteer Park. First, I explored the playground on my own.
Then Kenji and I went climbing on stuff.
And we found my favorite playground thing – the swings!
Aunt Lisa even took a secret family photo of us!
Me, Mommy, and Daddy did a quick weekend trip up to Kenji’s house in Seattle. When we got there, Kenji was napping, so I took a long walk around the neighborhood.
By the time we got back, I was VERY tired.
But Kenji was awake! I gave him one of my syringes and extension sets because he likes playing with them in the water.
Then I showed him the joys of Minecraft.
Mommy gave him an octopus t-shirt she made and he strutted around like a real runway model.
And Daddy played blanket jail with him. Kenji’s a real goofball.
Before leaving to go home, I had to tackle this gigantic slice of watermelon.
At McCarran Airport, I told Nana and Papa what gate we were leaving from.
I took this picture of our plane!
When it was time to board, I got to talk to Capt. Henry. He invited me to sit in the First Officer’s seat, but nope, I was not going to do that. Then he showed me a button I could push and that’s when I was outta there!
I did draw a picture for him and First Officer Richard, though. I got to give it to them on the way out.
I started off the day discovering the most amazing thing about Minecraft – you can build a roller coaster!!!
Then I found some toothpicks and used them to make letters.
And then I went on the High Roller again! It’s kind of like a huge ferris wheel and was one of my favorite things to do when I visited Nana and Papa last year.
It was another sunny day, so we went to another park in the middle of the Town Square Mall.
I rode a unicorn…
…And baked Mommy a cake.
I also did some hula hooping.
My favorite, though, was the train! (Aka the “Cactus Coaster.”)
It was a beautiful day, so we headed to Container Park in downtown Las Vegas. It has a cool treehouse with three long, curvy slides!
There is also a big open space with building blocks, a bench swing, and what I called the yellow area.
The most interesting thing was this BUTTON. I couldn’t decide if I should push it…
Such a tough decision!
But then I just couldn’t help myself!
Bye, Container Park! You were fun to play in!
