We spent Thanksgiving with the Taylor gang! A really fun thing we did was make gingerbread houses.
Of course, Kenji and I did a lot of gaming.
And we also just had loads of other kinds of fun because we love having fun!
Finally, enjoy a video of us having the best time ever on a deflating air mattress!
River Canyon Run is my favorite water slide at the Great Wolf Lodge. You sit on a raft with up to four other people and go whooshing down a big slide before landing in a pool. I was really afraid the first time I rode it, but grew to love it. I especially love riding it with Kenji!
We went to Sahallie Illahee Park in West Linn for the first time in a while. It has a small lower playground, then a short walk through the woods, and finally, the longest slide around. The slide is my favorite part!
This is the face of a kid who is really excited for the Clark County Fair!!!
It was all I hoped it would be and more!
There were a lot of fun rides I tried, but…
…easily the best ride there was the roller coaster called The Zillerator! I rode it 10 TIMES!
We went down to Salem, Oregon to enjoy rides at Enchanted Forest AND watch a Portland Mavericks baseball game!
We didn’t finish all the rides at Enchanted Forest yet, but the Mavericks were starting their game, so we had to go.
The coolest part of the game was that one of the players gave me a ball!
Of course, then we had to go BACK to Enchanted Forest to ride more rides!
Here’s a view of Mommy and I on the roller coaster, Ice Mountain Bobsled. It was a busy, but great day!
We flew across the country for our annual trip to New Hampshire to visit Grandma and Grandpa!
After some rest from our red eye flight, we visited Grandpa’s HAM radio club and I got to learn a little bit about how it works.
I waded in Eastman Lake while Grandpa and Daddy drove the boat.
And, oh look! I convinced everyone to go to Six Flags New England, where I got four new coaster credits! I also met another coaster enthusiast in line for Thunderbolt, and it was really fun to talk to him.
There was a cool train track in Vermont.
Of course, I had my annual trip to a bookstore where I relaxed on the stairs. In fact, we went to two bookstores this year where I relaxed on the stairs!
We went out for pizza one night by the Contoocook River and walked over this cool covered bridge.
Would you like to watch a video of my adventures? Here you go!
I went on my first ever coaster tour! It was the best time of my life! We went to five amusement parks (Busch Gardens Tampa, LEGOLand Florida, Fun Spot Kissimmee, SeaWorld Orlando, and Universal’s Islands of Adventure) and I rode eleven new roller coasters!
My favorite park, by far, was LEGOLand. And staying in the hotel is a must. It was so much fun.
Of course, the park was awesome, too! There were lots of fun rides, including my favorite coaster, Flying School. I rode it 10 times! There was also a water park, LEGO creations everywhere, and tons of LEGO to build with.
And here’s Daddy and I just goofing around in front of a mural at our Universal Studios hotel.
Check out this video to see more stuff we did!
We went to the Really Really Free Market at Gateway Park in Portland and that park was super cool!
My favorite thing was to slide down the hill in a cardboard box. I’m definitely going back there.
I went out to the backyard to do some bug hunting! We have lots of leaves and stones to uncover, so we knew it would be a promising place.
Almost immediately, I found a centipede!
Then look, it was a pill bug!
It rolled up in my hand when I picked it up.
Rolling over rocks is a good way to find some bugs.
Millipede! You might not want to pick them up if you don’t want to experience pain. They can release a toxin that irritates skin. I learned that the hard way.
Snail finding!
We uncovered paving stones that had tons of worms and snails.
And this green stink bug!
We’ve seen lots of brown ones, but this was our first green one.
Why was I so excited here?
Because I found newts! NEWTS! These were under a rock in the park across the street.
I mean, how cool are these?
I found out later that they release a toxin, as well. It’s not painful, but wash your hands after you hold them! And definitely don’t eat them.
Then I found the baby! Wow, what a super successful bug hunting expedition!
Kenji and I went to the Great Wolf Lodge, a water park and all-around fun kid place in Washington!
For a while, we couldn’t stop pretending we were wolves.
We went to the arcade and Kenji won tons of tickets on one of the games.
I found the beds to be really comfy.
And while we waited for our pizza dinner, Kenji and I discovered this ancient relic called a telephone.
Here’s a video of even more stuff we did! It was super fun!