Fun in the Sun

A few busy days mixed in with a crazy schedule for the Iron Chef (IC) is what our life has been all about these last few days. I'm trying to gather items for our trip back to MI and spend time with IC when he is available and not traveling; however, we did manage to head to a local park for a new kind of adventure. Someone from my MOMs club was heading to Vancouver Lake Park and we decided to join. Thanks for the fun, Nikki! What a fun place in Vancouver. We will definitely be heading back there again sometime this summer.

I've mentioned before that she is really loving the bark at the parks. Well, the sand at this park brought a whole new dimension to having fun at the park. Ms. A started out clean. Crisp cotton white t ...



I was thoroughly impressed at her love for the sand. She was a little adventurous with the water and put her toes in just enough to get wet. And then progressively she became a scrumptious sand pie by the end of our trip. She was dirty from fingers to toes ... and then her little behind fell a few too many times. And her crisp tee ... finally became a sandy shirt. But, she had fun, and that's all that counts!





However, thank goodness for a change of clothes. The car ride would have otherwise been a very wet mess.

Another random trip for the week was a visit to Irving Park in Portland where we visited a few friends. 'A' was creating new sign language and making everyone laugh (as can be seen below). My crazy Garmin GPS brought me to this park in the most roundabout way so I toured almost the entire northern part of Portland via side roads. Quite entertaining and interesting to see the landmarks around the city even thought I wasn't planning on seeing much besides the highway. This was another great park and another way to blow off some energy for little Ms. A. She fell asleep in her carseat before we even reached Lloyd Center on our way home. Goal accomplished.