For New Year’s Day, we headed to the big city. (That’s Portland.)
Mommy and Daddy always want to go to coffee shops. I liked this one, though, because we got to sit at the bar and watch people make coffee.
Then we walked around a little and saw the longest train ever! All in all, a quality day.
At the crack of dawn (ha ha, just kidding, the sun hadn’t risen yet), I rushed down to the living room to open my Christmas presents.
Somehow, I wore pajamas that looked exactly like my wrapping paper.
But whatever, it was time to open presents! And I did so at lightning speed.
Thanks to Santa, Mommy and Daddy, Nana and Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, and Uncle Mike and Aunt Sarah for all the cool gifts!
Then it was time for my daily walk across the back of the couch.
Then I was quickly bored.
Until I remembered that I love my cardboard tunnel.
And watching Nick Offerman drink whisky on TV was fun, too.
Eventually, Mommy and Daddy proposed we go outside for a little walk. I agreed, as long as I didn’t have to put on clothes. Merry Christmas, everyone!
Aunt Lisa mixed up Kenji’s animals during the night, so Kenji had to fix them right away.
Did you know that Kenji really likes balloons?
I opened my gifts from the Taylor’s, which included this great book about the 50 states.
It had a whole bunch of facts about every state, all the state flags, capitals, and American presidents. Thanks, Taylor’s!
Kenji got some cool Disney cars, which he liked a lot. He reminds me of me when I was two!
Then we decorated some cookies. We are obviously naturals.
It was also the final night of Hanukkah. After sundown, I mustered up all of my concentration to light all eight candles.
From Mom and Dad, I got a book about a dinosaur named…Dexter!
And from Grandma and Grandpa, I got a spirograph set! Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa, for the gifts all Hanukkah long!
Then when it was time to go to bed, I found Kenji cuddling with Hugs. She is so loved…
We went up to Seattle and had an early Christmas celebration with Kenji. He found his gift almost immediately and wanted to open it right away. It was a set of mix-and-match animal parts and he wasted no time getting to the business of assembling them.
It was also the 7th night of Hanukkah, so I opened my gift from Grandma and Grandpa. It was a Hot Wheels race track! Daddy assembled it and Kenji and I raced our cars.
On Day 4 of Hanukkah, I gave Daddy a present (an awesome drawing by me!) and opened a present from Grandma and Grandpa (a bunch of cool bendy straws!).
Then on Day 5, I got a cool set of magnetic letters and dry erase markers. Daddy seems pretty excited about them!
And on Day 5, I got a game called Zingo. I play this at school!
For the third night of Hanukkah, I got a squiggle pen! It vibrates, which makes the lines that I draw all squiggly.
Surrounded by my robot army, I lit the menorah for the second night.
Then I opened my present – Connect 4!
My favorite thing is to drop a bunch of the discs in the slots real fast.
It’s the first night of Hanukkah and I have the menorah lighting duties!
After lighting the menorah, I got right to opening my present from Grandma and Grandpa.
It was a box of numbers that transform into robots!
Daddy and I spent some time making a little robot army. Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!
I have been fantasizing about driving to Interstate 82 for at least half a year now. Today, we made it a reality.
I was navigator and instructed the driver (Daddy) on where to go.
Our first stop was the Bridge of the Gods that spans the Columbia River, from I-84 in Oregon to SR-14 in Washington. Isn’t it a beauty??
We drove east in Washington for a bit and got to look back across to Oregon.
We eventually crossed the Hood River Bridge and had lunch in Hood River, OR. Mommy ordered a sandwich called the Turkey Meister, a name I can’t stop saying.
And Daddy played with toothpicks.
Then it was off to drive some more until we hit I-82. It took a long time, but was totally worth it! (Bonus: we saw lots and lots of bridges and trains. Official count: a gazillion.)
Then Mommy and Daddy really needed some tea and coffee, so I lounged here in this gigantic recliner.
Finally, we headed home after sundown. It was a long day, but an interstate dream was fulfilled.
