We went to a tiny fake town called Dairyville at a Portland dairy farm called Alpenrose.
There was this wild animal named Daddy who tried to bite me!
Also, I’m not sure if Santa lives here?
Despite my smiles, I actually thought this place was super not fun. But Daddy kept me happy by swinging me around, so I could pretend I was on a rollercoaster!
My new school principal, Mrs. Leonard, invited us to a popsicle night at the playground. I met two boys – Raleigh and Cameron – who will be going to kindergarten in the fall, too.
The playground is really big and kind of scary, but I was able to manage this climbing thing all by myself!
I also liked this tetherball pole.
After about an hour, though, I was ready to run home and go to bed!
After a fun drive on the streets of Portland, we celebrated America’s independence by walking to a quaint little coffee shop called Starbucks.
I brought LEGOs for everyone!
While Daddy was goofing around, I was getting serious building my string cheese and LEGO creation.
My favorite build was a Minecraft animal pen with pigs and horses.
Then we flew home in our imaginary airplanes!
For Daddy’s birthday, we went to a Portland Pickles baseball game!
We sat out in the left field berm, and I got to watch the players practice before the game.
I also drew some goat milk fields while we waited for the game to start.
Then the game started and Daddy showed me what everyone was doing.
The best thing about being out in the berm is that you can run around and play during the game.
I also liked wandering around the park. This hill was fun to climb up.
And these cinderblocks were fun to step on.
I also played a little game of cornhole.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a Portland Pickles game without getting some pickles on a stick!
And, yippee, the Pickles WON!
And here’s the card I made him, too!
I made Daddy a Father’s Day card and showed him all the cool drawings I put in it.
Then we went to a record store in Oregon City and found a record with “It’s A Small World” on it! With the Father’s Day discount, it cost $1. It was a Father’s Day miracle!
Then we went home, put the record on, and danced through that whole wonderful chorus.
We went to Ikea, and Daddy and I pretended to have a conversation in these matching parenting and child wing chairs.
Ever since we got back from Disneyland, I’ve been dreaming about going to Oaks Amusement Park in Portland. I put this day in Mommy’s calendar and, even though it was rainy, I wasn’t going to miss it!
Here I am on Up, Up, & Away!
And looking tough on Chipper’s Choppers.
As the rain started to come down, I went up on the ferris wheel…
…and saw Daddy way, way down there. Do you see him with his hands in the air?
We went under cover on the Oaks Park Train and Daddy pretended that he wasn’t soaking wet.
This was my favorite ride – Sky Fighters!
The last ride of the day was Go Karts. By this time, I was a soaking wet sponge. Despite my glum face, I rated this as my second favorite ride!
All in all, a successful day!
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.
My school friend, Addison, had a birthday party at Wunderland Nickel Arcade. It took me a little time to warm up to the music and lights, but once I found the motorcycle race, I was all in!
I’ve been wanting to go to Lincoln City for a while now – and we finally did it! It’s a small town on the Oregon coast and I got to navigate the way there.
I initially wanted to wade in the ocean, but it’s still so cold there, I opted for kite flying instead.
In fact, it was so chilly, I had to do a wardrobe change and put on my winter jacket.
I’ve become quite the kite flyer since my first time two years ago.
I also liked climbing on driftwood and digging in the sand!
