Between winter break and all of the rain we’ve had, it’s been forever since I’ve been able to go down my favorite thing at recess – the green slide.
So once I saw it was sunny on a Saturday, we all had to go to my school playground. And while I was at it, I played on everything else, too.
I’m 9 years old! Here’s my birthday morning stash.
I love the Roblox game, Build a Boat for Treasure. Nana and Papa got me a gift card to buy Robux, the game platform’s virtual currency. Here is me trying to calculate how many Robux I can buy…
…and how much gold that Robux will get me…
…and me realizing, that’s a lotta gold!
And then I immediately went to my computer to buy new pieces for my boat. Happy birthday to me!
It snowed! The day after Christmas!
I went sledding at our new local park, Midhill Park. It’s across the street and up a little path.
Sunnie liked to stay cozy and look at the snow through the window.
We didn’t know if Finley would still want to go on his walk, but he loved it. Can you find him?
We celebrated every night of Hanukkah, but the true test is the 8th night, where I light allllll of the candles. Look at that focus.
I nailed it!
Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa, for all of the awesome roller coaster layout maps, the Katie Woo books, and…
…this super cool roller coaster!
I will ride it everyday. Here are my views, on and off the track. Happy Hanukkah!
We continued our primary school playground tour, starting with my very own (and very favorite), Cedaroaks!
I showed Mommy and Daddy how I like to hang on the monkey bars and then drop down.
I also really love the swings.
But probably my very favorite is the play structure.
Then we went a little down the road to Bolton Primary. Those poor children don’t have a very good playground. But I still had a fun time. (And our last school, Stafford Primary, had their playground locked. Maybe we’ll try next weekend!)
I got this cool idea to visit all of the playgrounds at West Linn’s primary schools. So we visited three of them today and we’ll do the other three next weekend.
Today was my final visit to Oaks Park this year. They’re closing for the season soon, so I had to get on my favorite rides!
I love Zoom Coaster and got lots of rides on it. Before one of my rides, I just had to gaze at it lovingly from all angles.
Oaks has a mini museum display about its history. It’s been around since 1905!
I even got one of my new favorite treats – Shave Ice.
We closed out our day on the Scrambler! But we’ll be back next year, of course.
And what else will 2022 bring? I’m hoping to get to Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire, as well as Knott’s Berry Farm (or will it be Worlds of Fun, Silver Dollar City, Six Flags Over Texas, Hershey Park, Discovery Kingdom…….???)
Kenji came down to visit us for the weekend, so we went up to Adventure Park on Mt. Hood for some action. We started by riding the Alpine Slide – but, first, you get to take a ski lift up to the top of the slide!
Then we drove the Kiddie Karts. Kenji is already an expert driver of his Tesla.
Next, we did the Bungee Trampoline. Kenji could do backflips!
When we went to the Pony Ride area, we found out that we actually got to ride a donkey!
I’ve never ridden one and was nervous, so Daddy held me on in the beginning.
But then I was able to ride all by myself!
Mommy, Auntie Lisa, and Kenji went on the Aqua Rollers, where you roll around on top of water. This was Mommy’s view out the side of her roller.
And then at home, as we often do, we cozied up in bed to rest. It was fun having you, Kenji!
My friend, Cayah, showed me an app called Snapchat. You can add filters to your face that make you look funny! I’ve been having a lot of fun with it.
Kenji and I went to Wild Waves Theme and Water Park! I was sooooo excited!!! The first ride I went on was The Wild Thing roller coaster. It had a vertical loop and two corkscrews. It was great, and also my first Arrow Corkscrew.
Then I went on Timberhawk: Ride of Prey, an S&S Sansei wooden coaster. It was so fun, I went on it 3 times. It’s my new favorite coaster!
Here’s Mommy and I riding in the front row before our first ride.
Here’s a video of my off-ride reaction!
After riding the 48″ and up rides, I found Kenji in the water park and he came with me to ride some more rides!
His first ride there was Kiddie Coaster, a Zamperla Tornado powered coaster, one of only four still operating in the world.
Then Kenji rode with Daddy on the ferris wheel.
We also went on what I believe is the worst carousel in the world.
But Frog Hopper was so fun!
So was Red Baron! I’m flying in the red bi-plane and Kenji is in the white one behind me.
That’s a wrap on Wild Waves. It’s my new favorite amusement park I’ve ever been to!
