CARDBOARD SPACESHIPS

We made spaceships out of cardboard and then drove them down the hill at Midhill Park!

HANUKKAH 2021

We celebrated every night of Hanukkah, but the true test is the 8th night, where I light allllll of the candles. Look at that focus.

I nailed it!

Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa, for all of the awesome roller coaster layout maps, the Katie Woo books, and…

…this super cool roller coaster!

I will ride it everyday. Here are my views, on and off the track. Happy Hanukkah!

Oct 31

HALLOWEEN 2021

Another Halloween, another huge haul of candy! This year, I dressed up as a roller coaster!

Oct 9

PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND TOUR, PART 2

We continued our primary school playground tour, starting with my very own (and very favorite), Cedaroaks!

I showed Mommy and Daddy how I like to hang on the monkey bars and then drop down.

I also really love the swings.

But probably my very favorite is the play structure.

Then we went a little down the road to Bolton Primary. Those poor children don’t have a very good playground. But I still had a fun time. (And our last school, Stafford Primary, had their playground locked. Maybe we’ll try next weekend!)

Oct 2

PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND TOUR, PART 1

I got this cool idea to visit all of the playgrounds at West Linn’s primary schools. So we visited three of them today and we’ll do the other three next weekend.

Sep 26

OAKS! FINAL VISIT OF 2021

Today was my final visit to Oaks Park this year. They’re closing for the season soon, so I had to get on my favorite rides!

I love Zoom Coaster and got lots of rides on it. Before one of my rides, I just had to gaze at it lovingly from all angles.

Oaks has a mini museum display about its history. It’s been around since 1905!

I even got one of my new favorite treats – Shave Ice.

We closed out our day on the Scrambler! But we’ll be back next year, of course.

And what else will 2022 bring? I’m hoping to get to Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire, as well as Knott’s Berry Farm (or will it be Worlds of Fun, Silver Dollar City, Six Flags Over Texas, Hershey Park, Discovery Kingdom…….???)

Sep 5

ADVENTURE PARK WITH KENJI

Kenji came down to visit us for the weekend, so we went up to Adventure Park on Mt. Hood for some action. We started by riding the Alpine Slide – but, first, you get to take a ski lift up to the top of the slide!

Then we drove the Kiddie Karts. Kenji is already an expert driver of his Tesla.

Next, we did the Bungee Trampoline. Kenji could do backflips!

When we went to the Pony Ride area, we found out that we actually got to ride a donkey!

I’ve never ridden one and was nervous, so Daddy held me on in the beginning.

But then I was able to ride all by myself!

Mommy, Auntie Lisa, and Kenji went on the Aqua Rollers, where you roll around on top of water. This was Mommy’s view out the side of her roller.

And then at home, as we often do, we cozied up in bed to rest. It was fun having you, Kenji!

Aug 15

SILVERWOOD THEME PARK

We went to Silverwood Theme Park in northern Idaho! They have a section called Roller Coaster Alley where most of their extreme coasters live.

My first ride was Corkscrew. Fun fact: this was the first Arrow Corkscrew ever built and the first inverting coaster in the world. It originally operated at Knott’s Berry Farm until it was relocated to Silverwood in 1990.

It was also a rough headbanger.

Later, we rode the wooden coaster, Timber Terror, and this kiddie coaster, Tiny Toot.

I loved this swing ride called Barnstormer.

The next day, it was time for the long drive home…

…and a lunch stop at the Boardman, Oregon-famous C&D Drive-In. Daddy actually had the Bozo Burger! (I had the strawberry smoothie.)

Aug 13

MIDDLE-OF-NOWHERE, WASHINGTON

We’re on a road trip to Idaho! But first, we have to get through eastern Washington. We found a rest stop with cows.

And, best of all, I found a tiny town called Finley! Of course, we had to stop and check it out.

Also, Snapchat filters come in really handy when you’re on a long drive!

Aug 8

TIN WILLOWS SHEEP FARM

Almost exactly a year after my first camping trip, I went on my second camping trip!

We arrived at the Tin Willows Sheep Farm in the high desert of Oregon in the early evening and set up our rented camper van at sunset.

I slept in the pop top, of course!

We had oatmeal and fruit for breakfast, cooked on our indoor propane stove.

We had access to the creek from our campsite and waded in the chilly water for a bit.

One of my very favorite things about camping was catching flies in our van! We had sooo many flies. We all had a mason jar that we used to catch and release.