Health knowledge made personal
  The not-so-popular plastic smock-dress.    All three of them could've played there for HOURS but eventually we moved on.The Digging Pit was Kai's favorite. What you're looking at are chunks of...something. Knowing (and loving) Portland the way I do, it's probably recycled tires or shoe soles or plastic milk jugs or something. It was soft and surprisingly springy to walk on.         What these pictures don't show are the 50 other kids all around us, stealing shovels, yelling, digging, flinging the whatever-it-is all over the place. It was very loud and chaotic and there was Kai, in the middle of it all, digging and flinging with the rest of them.The Pet Hospital  Kai could not have been more disinterested in the pet hospital but his sisters loved it! Above is Hailey (5 yrs old), caring for a sick kitty. Aaaand back to the water. I tell ya, this kid loooves water.  Art is often overlooked at places like this. It's so frenzied and loud and busy. I passed this mosaic at least three times before I actually saw it.  It's so beautiful and detailed up close.  Kai's steering, Hailey's lowering the flag and Ashleigh's watching for enemies.    Can't. Leave. The. Water.   "Noooo! No home!"  We did way more cool stuff than I could photograph. Overall it was fun but it was so busy and Kai was pretty intimidated by all the hustle and bustle. And who can blame him? Next time we go, we'll do it on a weekday when fewer people are there. And on the way home, all four of my loves fell asleep. Adventure: Successful. |
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This morning the sun peaked out from behind the clouds for a few minutes and when it did, I dropped what I was doing and announced we were GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE.
The A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village is one of our favorite places to go in Salem, but since we're closer to Portland now we decided to visit the Portland Children's Museum instead.
First stop: Water