Wow, do they ever work wonders

Okay, so the children's museum. It's in Bend, and it's called Working Wonders. And it's SO cool! There are costumes, and different rooms set up with make-believe. This is the grocery store.


This is you-know-who dressed up as a you-know-what. Actually, now that I think about it I'm not really sure what . . . but something fancy.


One of the rooms was a veterinarian's office, and when we went in there, Zoë went right up to the dry-erase board and wrote this:


Apparently office hours were open! There were all different "pets" to choose from, and real veterinary equipment. Including those cone things to keep puppies and kitties from pulling out their stitches.

A very fancy climbing wall--I'm mostly used to seeing ones that just have differently shaped lumps for holds, but as you can see, this one actually had representative shapes, rather than just abstract
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We were there with Kristen's friend Nicole and her two boys. Upon arrival, Sully made a beeline for the firefighter's costume and wore it the entire time we were there. He is also clearly a veteran of the climbing wall, as he scuttled up in no time at all.


Checkin' out. I love those aprons.


As the days went by in Sunriver, the weather turned from record highs back to more seasonable temps, or even below normal. One day Z wore the Elmo sweater that I made for her SECOND birthday, three years ago. And it still fits! Whoo-hoo!


Since Z and I were sharing a bed, I needed to wait until she was fully asleep before retiring myself for the evening. On more than one occasion, I needed to move her out of the way in order to have adequate space on which to lie. I snapped this picture to be able to tease her with when she is grown.


Z picked a dandelion one afternoon and brought it in to put in water. Although it reopened only a bit, it did go to seed over the following week or so, metamorphosing from all yellow to all-white. We were quite impressed, and concluded that such a tenacious flower deserved the opportunity to continue its determined cycle of reproduction.


We went for fancy lunch at Thai restaurant Typhoon one afternoon. It was delish! Kristen is really good at napkin folding.

Woo vacation pictures woo. There are a few more from my last couple days in Vancouver, WA/Portland, OR. Stay tuned . . . I may just get caught up some time this week . . .