Lots of pattern block designing...
Visiting with friends young (little Eileen Cunningham-Maloney, or is Maloney-Cunningham???)...
...and old (well, compared to Sabine and Vivian)...that's Chloe on the couch (younger daughter of Frank and Ronnie, they and their elder daughter MJ came down the following day), Seth (token boy...) and Qaci (daughter of Zenmomma and Jon) all came to town to see the CSI Exhibit at OMSI, and other Portland delights! Vivian and Sabine were delighted with having teens (and other grown ups) around, as were we!
Building with Kapla Blocks (marbles make a nice addition)...
Keeping cool during the heat wave (Bret's birthday canoe made a really nice (if expensive) wading pool, but at least we didn't need to run out and buy a wading pool!)...
Finding scores like this one at Goodwill ($8!, but we did have to spend $7 on mallots...but it's an amazing instrument -- has beautiful tone!)...
And finding/tying up just the right pony for the Portland Horse Project. (We have a ring in front of our house)...
I like this one because it shows not only Cicso (friendly neighborhood ambassador cat) but the chalk board where we were writing/reading words (and drawing pictures) with Sabine.
Oh, and I almost forgot -- saw the Indigo Girls in concert at the Oregon Zoo...an amazing evening, made even nicer by Dave's offer to babysit so Bret and I could go sans-children...Zenmomma was in town the night before to hear a speaker, and we talked her into going with us. Very fun!
Photo credit here, since I didn't even bring our camera with us to the concert!
Now we're making plans for the fall (including DoJump Classes for Sabine and Vivian), playdate swaps with homeschooling friends, park days, OMSI visits, and more...stay tuned!
7 comments:
Love the updates and the new photos, Carolyn! I especially like the one where everyone is reading and playing together quietly and peacefully.
On another note, Thank You for sending the heatwave back to the midwest. Yeah. Thanks. Well bye. I'm headed to the basement. :D
Glad you like the pics...and you can keep the heatwave! :) Actually, it's supposed to come back here (just upper 90s) this week...I was getting used to long sleeves again...oh well...
looks like fun...jasper really wants to go to the csi omsi exhibit. don't know if dottie could make it up there safely! (the car ;) ) miss you friend ;)
Agh, lovely to see an update. The xylophone looks superb. I have to get into thrift stores more! Time time time!!! I was listing all the places i want to go and Portland still calls loudly. I think CSI might be too old for H as he just tonight watched the first episode of Get Smart (season one, from the Mayers extensive video collection...). All that he seemed to take from that was fake Kung-Fu moves. The show's technology (shoe phone and the cone of silence) were lost on him (I think? who knows?) I think I will follow your lead and move out chalkboard outside by the entrance too. I also like the idea of marbles and Kapla. Good one!
Well, it was great to see your update! Sounds like a real canoe trip might be in order though? Loved the Kapla- marble combo. Great idea. Also like the mandela pattern-blocking. You make me realize I HAVE to get out to thrift stores more-- can't wait to play the xylophone. And the IG concert looked so intimate-- the only other outdoor concert I am familiar with is the Edmonton Folk Fest which is just huge. You never get this close to the stage without an overnight camp-out! You're living a good life!
Yes! You must come down for a zoo concert next summer -- they're amazing. And for thrifting...one of my favorite things to do!
yar, it was good to catch up with ye blog.
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