C and the big engine
2007 September 10 · 10:37AM · Monday · Portland, Oregon
When C saw this big engine sitting there, he said “Is that rusty old engine resting his weary wheels?” (Straight from The Little Engine That Could :)
C by the big engine
2007 September 10 · 10:37AM · Monday · Portland, Oregon
C in the big engine
2007 September 10 · 10:38AM · Monday · Portland, Oregon
C, manning the breaks
2007 September 10 · 10:39AM · Monday · Portland, Oregon
C likes the big engine
2007 September 10 · 10:39AM · Monday · Portland, Oregon
This big engine was at the Forestry Center, which also shares the parking lot with the Children’s Museum and the Zoo. C took a look while we waited for Sally.
Ruby looking at the fishies
2007 September 10 · 11:25AM · Monday
The was in the Northwest habitat at the zoo. It’s a tank with salmon and other northwest-native water-life.
Ruby makes the most hilarious faces
2007 September 10 · 11:25AM · Monday
Ruby is making this face because she’s getting splashed. The glass wall there only goes up another 4 feet or so, then it’s open to the tank. A waterfall flows out into the tank infront of this opening, causing splashing sometimes.
Ruby at the salmon tank
2007 September 10 · 11:25AM · Monday
You can see the top edge of the walol there, and the water splashing on the other side (and this side, too!)
C watching the fish
2007 September 10 · 11:26AM · Monday
We saw this exhibit last time we were in Portland, when it first opened. Boy, how C’s changed.
C and Ruby’s reflaction
2007 September 10 · 11:27AM · Monday
Ruby, Orion, C Max
2007 September 10 · 11:27AM · Monday
I’m having a hard time thinking of anything cuter than Orion right now.
Sally and Orion
2007 September 10 · 11:29AM · Monday
Sally and Orion, and turtles
2007 September 10 · 11:29AM · Monday
turtles, jockeying for positions
2007 September 10 · 11:29AM · Monday
C pointing at turtles
2007 September 10 · 11:30AM · Monday
the bear is sneaking up on Ruby
2007 September 10 · 11:40AM · Monday
Don’t worry, there is a big glass wall there. The bear was just walking back and forth, back and forth, in front of the wall.
Orion and Ruby wait for the bear
2007 September 10 · 11:40AM · Monday
Orion and Ursa Minor
2007 September 10 · 11:41AM · Monday
Farmer C heads out to the Back 40
2007 September 10 · 11:46AM · Monday
Sally, Orion, and Ruby
2007 September 10 · 11:46AM · Monday
Sally, Orion, and Ruby
2007 September 10 · 11:46AM · Monday
Orion and a goat
2007 September 10 · 11:52AM · Monday
I kept wondering … what kind of yarn would that make?
Orion sees eye-to-eye with the goat
2007 September 10 · 11:52AM · Monday
Orion and the Goat
2007 September 10 · 11:52AM · Monday
Goat, Goat
2007 September 10 · 11:53AM · Monday
Ruby and the patient goat
2007 September 10 · 11:53AM · Monday
Chris and a sleepy Ruby
2007 September 10 · 2:15PM · Monday
Chris seems to do a lot of carrying around a sleepy Ruby on trips.
Sally, C, and Orion
2007 September 10 · 2:16PM · Monday
Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures of our great picnic. This picture was on our way out of the zoo. That’s the wagon we rented. The boys are attempting to share the task of pushing it. Mostly they just pushed eachother.
C and Orion running
2007 September 10 · 2:16PM · Monday
Orion and C pushing the wagon home
2007 September 10 · 2:16PM · Monday
C was very much looking forward to going to the Portland Children’s Museum, and we made a date with Orion and mama Sally (they’d never been there!). When we arrived, though, we were super bummed to see it was closed for renovations all week! Luckily it shares a parking lot with the zoo, so we were able to have a good time anyway. We brought a picnic and enjoyed a nice long sunny afternoon.