Our Portland routine rarely changes very much. We hang out around the house a lot, playing with new toys and digging out old ones. We visit the park across the street daily. We spend time cleaning whatever old vehicle we have around at the time. We hit the ice rink on rainy days. And of course, Grammy and the kids bake cookies.
We also get ready for heading back to the beach soon.
But not too soon. Ouest doesn’t care that it is the end of September—she wants to see her new garden sprout.
Conspirators.
I love going skating with the kids. Hockey was pretty much my life from age six to eighteen. It’s a pleasure for me to see them skating around having fun with it too. Lowe really began to nail it down this time out, and as he got better—literally as the minutes went by—his joy grew exponentially. Ouest has gotten so good that she spends the whole time skating laps on her own, proud of herself.
We have one plastic bin of belongings at my mom’s house. It’s mostly yearbooks and Porsche/VW/Travco parts. Going through it Lowe grabbed a magazine and started flipping through it. “I found you guys!”
10 Comments on “The Portland Routine”
Ahh……… lovely.
That last photo. . . . ❤️
Beautiful…
Grammys are the best!!!
Your kids have too much fun! I want to go ice staking now. Hmm….
That Grandma is #1 !!!
You need to buy some blooming plants and plant them for Ouest. She will think her flowers bloomed over night.
Heh . . . that idea has “Mango” written all over it. 🙂
TJ
This has been bothering me as I do my marathon in-one read through – after Mango’s Magical Flight to Portland, what happened? I haven’t seen a mention of Mango in yonks and thought he/she would turn up after this road trip but as yet….silence.
With regards to Mango – we took her up north for a month of travel, then returned to Grammy’s for a quick stop. During that stop we returned Mango to the pet store (who did not accept returns but I said they should give to the next person that was going to buy a fish, bowl and accessories included). Mango did not like life on the road, and was too cold as they need warm water. We had to empty most of her water, put her in the kitchen sink with a plate over the top as she was sloshing back and forth so much. I don’t think the kids have asked where she is yet…