Hanukkah began tonight! I lit the firetruck menorah I’ve had since I was a wee baby.
Grandma and Grandpa got me the card game Uno.
And Mommy and Daddy got me a toy where I get to dress people up in tulle dresses and comfy coats.
After dinner, I played Uno the way I do in Spanish class at school. I pick a card and say the number and color in Español. Cinco rojo! Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!
One of our traditions is to find the rainiest day of the month and then go get our Christmas tree. It makes the mission extra special.
I located the best tree on the farm and sent Daddy to work cutting it down.
I also found this cool tree that I could stand under.
After we put the tree in the car, I noticed the farm map!
So then, despite it getting dark quickly, I had to walk all around looking for the douglas, grand, noble, and nordmann firs. I even found a few scotch pines!
Fireplace!!! (We are thankful for fireplaces.)
We are planning on getting a new house next year to make sure I can stay in my awesome school that I love. So we went to an open house to check out the goods.
I’m ready to move in. There was a huge yard and I already planned out the amusement park I will build there.
This is a good spot for the roller coaster.
This is where the big drop ride will be.
And over there is the future home of the water ride. When do we move in??
Happy birthday to my favorite cousin, Kenji! We visited Seattle to celebrate his big day. He specifically requested a rainbow cake.
He liked dipping his finger in the frosting.
Then it was time to blow out the candles.
SUCCESS!
One thing I gave him were my old Duplo blocks.
He liked them as much as I did.
Then the next morning, we went to brunch. Kenji loves to put Daddy’s hood on his head! Happy birthday, Kenji!
We all went to St. Honoré in Lake Oswego. Daddy and I were having a great conversation until…
…he tried to eat my chocolate croissant!
I finished my first week of kindergarten and I was so tired!
Mommy and Daddy thought I’d want to be lazy all weekend, but I still wanted to go for a drive. We drove to a bunch of places and had a snack in the car.
Now it’s time to be lazy for the rest of the weekend!
Now that I’m feeling better, we went to Music in the Park for a picnic and some soul music from Ants in the Kitchen!
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!
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!
