Good luck taming this beast, who seems to have discovered the face paint in the craft cabinet.
Shopping with Sunny is often extra interactive. People are great about involving her...and giving her free merchandise, even at the big box stores with all their "policies." She was invited to mix her own paint for her fort door. She was so proud - she proceeded to paint the fort door, front/back, herself.
Sunny had a preliminary meeting with her teacher, M. Alexis. Max and I figured we were all there for a little introductory chat, but it was actually practice for Day 1: M. Alexis smiled, invited Sunny in, and told us he'd see us in 10 minutes. She did great - not shy, given it was her 1st 1-on-1 meeting.
Day 1 is here: our kindergartener is ready for school and super excited...
Some anxiety flickered on her face a few times as we waited for the door to open (parents say good-bye at the door - we don't go in to the classroom)...
And then she just headed right in, throwing us a huge smile over her shoulder. We were more anxious than Sunny was - I bet that's a common story.
To celebrate a great first day of kindergarten, we did some crafting at the Craft Factory. Sunny said the day was long (school goes from 8:45 till 3, and there's no quiet time), but she was glad to see familiar faces - Ania and Moana from her summer school/pre-K adventures were there!
A sweet sleeping pic...she reminds me of her baby self when she sleeps.
Even more adorable: Max was so tired that he fell asleep while helping her fall asleep.
We love being close to parks. During this hike, we discovered a dead Pacific Giant Salamander in the creek. I'd always wanted to see one, and I was super excited. Sunny thought it was a little gross, but she wasn't afraid of it.
Go Ducks!
We and Sunny had a blast visiting Jeff, Courtney, Miles, and Grayson.
Prince Puckler's ice cream: a mandatory pit stop in Eugene!
Here are Miles and Sunny near the Knight Library, moments after Sunny started riding her bike, without training wheels, for about 20 feet at a time...Max ran along beside her, cheering her on.
Oh, a happy tear: her first "real" biking happened on our home campus!
On September 18, Sunny lost her first tooth at school. Really- it fell out, and then she lost it.
M. Alexis is great: he somehow found this tiny crumb of a tooth after Sunny told him she'd just lost it. He knows it's a pretty big deal. She decorated an envelope for the Tooth Fairy beautifully, sealed it and *WOW* discovered a silver dollar the next morning inside the still-sealed envelope. Magical.
Sometimes Max is working outside, or on a ladder, and he's surprised by a shining little face on a kid decked out in some spectacular ensemble. This day, Sunny was prepping for Halloween, and she'd found a hat for him to wear, too. She can't stay away from him but respects his project time, so she'll pop into the shop or head out to visit his project site in various dress-up attire. She's can mix concrete in a tutu and scoop up sawdust in a veil-cape.
Cruisin' around the neighborhood...Sunny has befriended all the neighborhood cats. This one she's named Shadow since it likes to follow her for a block or two when we head home.
Bubble-machine-comme-hair-dryer: just like Mama.
Boke Bowl deliciousness after OMSI.
Box sledding on the big hill's dry grass...then we watched the sunset and the Chapman Swifts swirl in the sky like tornado. Amazing. It felt like most of Portland was there. Sunny surprised us by walking all the way down to the pizza tent, buying us pizza, and bringing it back, all on her own.
This is Kati Dimoff's shot of the swifts circling & shooting inside the school's smokestack.
We spent a hot afternoon canoeing the Clackamas River -pretty and deserted. We later learned how polluted it is, so I'm glad we didn't swim. We DID use google "Mexican food near you," and scrambled up a steep embankment and through a construction site to reach an awesome hole-in-the-wall. Sunny couldn't decide between Mango or Strawberry virgin daiquiris, so we all tried both.
Great times on the Lake Oswego short course.
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