SCENES FROM BUILDING CENTRAL

I am still doing school. Can you believe it??

I wrote words in white crayon and painted over them to reveal…magic words!

I also built a race car track and recorded their distances using different variables. This was my first attempt, but it didn’t work out. (Too fragile.)

I went back to the drawing board and came up with this one. It worked great!

I also started building LEGO creations while standing on this ladder (aka The Puyallup Rollback, a ride in my indoor amusement park).

And we went on walks, of course.

It was fitting that we should find this ladybug on one of our walks, because we were studying ladybugs in school!

May 16

SCENES FROM ROLLER COASTER CENTRAL

Last week, I read a book about roller coasters while sitting on my homemade roller coaster.

Then Hugs and Baby Rosie rode on my homemade roller coaster.

For school, I wrote a “web list” about roller coasters…

…and drew a diagram of Kingda Ka.

Then, sadly, I actually had to do a lesson about bees.

And I saw a cute cat on our walk.

That was cool because I like cats, too!

Apr 18

SCENES FROM “DISTANCE LEARNING FOR ALL”

This past week, my school started “Distance Learning For All,” which meant I actually had to do school work. All of my teachers posted lessons and assignments on Google Classroom.

We got to upload a picture of ourselves for our Google Classroom. I instead opted to make a Memoji on Mommy’s phone and used this as my avatar:

Here is my work about hibernators:

I also did some math work using my LEGO roller coaster cars…

…and read from one of the books Grandma sent me. (Thanks, Grandma!)

My PE teacher gave us several options to choose from. I decided to do the “40 Mile Challenge.” So Mommy and I went on a daily walk and logged my distance. I walked over 3 miles last week! I’ll keep counting until I reach 40 miles.

Outside of school, I watered the plants with my water gun…

…and built a new indoor amusement park ride.

Mommy also taught me how to play checkers.

Puzzle update: We’re getting close! Do you think we’ll finish it this week?

Garden update: We planted some individual corn sprouts, but we’re still keeping this cob growing as a science experiment.

Feb 29

J. WILLY’S

For Leap Day, we went out to dinner in the historic Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Daddy and I played Tic-Tac-Toe while we waited for our food.

I chose the restaurant, J. Willy’s, because they had pizza on the kid’s menu. It was really good pizza!

Feb 22

HAIRCUT AND PLAYGROUND

It was haircut day! While I waited for my turn, I did what Daddy and I call “the joke dance.”

Here’s the “before” picture:

Then after my haircut, we went to my school’s playground to play.

Here’s the “after” picture:

Feb 20

DENTIST DUTY

It’s that time of year again…

Don’t let my sort of smiling face fool you. I can’t stand this place. It’s my very least favorite medical requirement. (I was kind of happy at this moment, though, because the hygienist was done with her horrible work and the dentist just does a quick look.)

Then I was FREEEEE! (No cavities!)

Feb 15

CHOCOLATE CROISSANT

We went to St. Honoré on a super duper rainy day.

I ordered the chocolate croissant. Turns out I really like the croissant part, but not the chocolate. Go figure!

Feb 14

DRAGONS LOVE TACOS

On Valentine’s Day, my kindergarten class got in a big school bus…

…went to the Newmark Theatre in downtown Portland…

…and saw the play, Dragons Love Tacos!

This is what the stage looked like.

This is what we looked like while we waited for everyone to get seated. It was kind of boring.

This is what me and Mommy looked like.

And after the play was over, we got to look out at Broadway while we waited to go back to our bus. (I’m the one in the blue comfy coat because, of course I am.)

Feb 1

LEGO CLUB: AMUSEMENT PARK

After a bit of a hiatus, I returned to LEGO Club with Daddy! I even saw my classmates, Milo and Henry, there.

No surprise, I built an amusement park. Blair, the Master Builder who runs the program, gave me a suggestion to add hinges and supports to my roller coaster track. I took his suggestion and it turned out awesome!