It’s officially holiday season! How do you like the new menorah I picked out? The firetruck menorah I had since I was a baby fell apart last year, so its successor is a space shuttle!
For the first night, Daddy and Mommy got me a book about football for Hanukkah because I’ve been curious about the rules of the game.
And Grandma and Grandpa got me a calendar of adorable kittens.
How much do I love kittens???
Then for the second night, Grandma and Grandpa got me a book of Lego contraptions.
I jumped around while Daddy got the box of Legos open. Thank you for the gifts everyone!
Finley is the best kitten ever! He’s a big mischief maker and we never know what he’s going to do next. I love playing with him and watching him do all of his crazy things.
I went on my first camping trip! We headed west to Powder Creek Ranch in the Shiloh Valley. I loved the creek immediately and spent most of the afternoon there.
Next thing you know, it was time to start a fire. I collected kindling around the campsite and Daddy got the fire going.
Then I spotted a deer who came for a snack from the nearby apple tree!
On our first night, we had chicken sausages for dinner, cooked on our propane stove.
Once it got dark, it was time for bed. But then we woke up to this beautiful view of our creek.
We went for a walk around the ranch to look for farm animals – and we found them!
When we got back, it was time for an oatmeal breakfast. A bunch of moths were sleeping on our picnic table. I gently poked one and it fluttered away.
I loved this hill and rolled down it on my skateboard, dubbing it “The Campsite Coaster.”
Then it was time to wade in the creek again. My goal was to walk all the way to the Nestucca River, but the rocks were too slippery to make it. Also, the water was cooooooold!
For lunch, we had ramen cups. They were good!
And then it was time to make a fire again. We had a lot of firewood, so we got it started early.
For our second night, we made pie iron pizzas on the fire.
And s’mores, of course!
It was super fun and I’m already thinking about where I want to go camping next summer!
Here we are, another week at home, with no end in sight. So we played some music…
…and just kinda collapsed on stuff.
I also practiced skateboarding in the kitchen.
The neighbors probably got used to seeing me make the mail run in my pajamas.
Another day, another pair of pajamas.
I drew lots and lots of pictures.
Daddy and I drew amusement parks together and made tons of them in the last week. I’ll post my favorites some day.
I also liked to climb on things.
Garden update: We thought all of our snap pea babies died in the snow, but one little guy prevailed!
We also soaked this dried up corn cob we got from a friend a couple years ago. It began to sprout, so we’ll put that in the deck container garden next week.
We finished our third full week of being housebound. I told Mommy, “it feels like we’re under house arrest.”
As usual, working on my many Planet Coaster parks was a top priority.
I also rode rides at my in-home amusement park.
Our potato sprouted!
We chopped it in half and put it in that pot of dirt.
We continued to make progress on our puzzle. It’s only fitting that it’s actually a Christmas puzzle, because that’s probably when it will be finished.
I drew, colored, and named birds.
Daddy and I drew a whole bunch of amusement parks.
And we saw a pretty rainbow outside our window at sunset. What will next week bring???
