I just finished a program called “Jump Start” at school. It was a little preview of what is to come in a couple of weeks. Annabel was there! So was Miss Ann, one of my old preschool teachers!
This is the art I made. Let the school art begin!
I found this ramp on the sidewalk and just had to run down it over and over and over again.
Then I got my haircut and acquired a new balloon…and ran down the ramp some more.
I’ve been sick for the past week, so I haven’t gone on any adventures. But I did make drawings of monsters standing next to their homes. Here you go!
It’s turning out to be my summer of animals, as I actually asked to go to the Oregon Zoo.
This is the animal I specifically wanted to see – the Pacific Lamprey. It’s an eel-like fish that’s been around for over 450 million years. And it eats poop!
I also saw a giraffe…
…and a bear.
My favorite insect was the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach.
But my very, very, very favorite animal at the zoo was the Domestic Cat! I went back to see him three times.
Isn’t Buddy cute??
The concert-behind-our-house season has begun!
We walked to Tanner Creek Park, I had my usual jumping session in the bouncy castle, and we ate dinner to the tunes of a Styx cover band!
I’m completely obsessed with LEGOs again (obviously). I don’t like sets with instructions anymore, though. I just want to make whatever I want.
I spent the day at Wings & Waves Waterpark next to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.
Do you see those water tubes on the side of that 747? I went in those! They slide all the way down to the bottom.
My favorite was Sonic Boom, the yellow slide. I didn’t go on Nose Dive, but I will next time. It’s a giant funnel!
I am a Sky Fighter!
I also rode the Oaks carousel for the first time!
Help! I just can’t stop playing with LEGOs at the library!
It was our final day in the Columbia River Gorge, and we started off with a quick breakfast in downtown Hood River.
Then we headed off to the “Fruit Loop,” a section of Hood River filled with local produce and u-pick fruit and flowers.
Our first stop was The Gorge White House, where we picked lots of raspberries and blueberries, a few strawberries and blackberries, and a fruit I’d never heard of called pink lemonade blueberries.
Then we went to an antique shop called The Old Trunk. I was already so hot and tired, I just lounged in their outdoor picnic area.
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of lavender, so we continued on to Hood River Lavender Farms.
I was almost ready to go home, but I wanted to go to one more lavender farm, Lavender Valley.
The lavender was swarming with bees, but I still love to smell it. Bees and I have good taste!
