First Friday and the weather was great. So we decided to check out the outside section of the Children's Museum. They have two big sand pits for digging. The littles loved that and spent a lot of time just digging. Then we discovered the cedar tree that was meant for climbing and the maze made out of some kind of vine plant from the way it tangled. They thought that was pretty cool.
Finally we made our way inside. The very first thing was painting teeth. And fishing. Each kid who fished caught a toothbrush. They had the OHSU School of Dentistry students there doing all kinds of cool things. So we have two new toothbrushes.
We got in on an art project done with an artist in resident teacher. They dripped special ink into water and it swirled. When they thought it had enough swirls and colors they dropped a sheet of paper on top and then pulled it off. The ink adhered to the paper. It was really cool. We got Connor's work. Audrie's disappeared while it was drying. We may try this project again at home.
Then it was suppose to be on to playing with all the usual places. But in the make up mirrors the dental students were doing face painting. So Audrie got hers done. Amazing how that paint makes her eyes pop.
Small world. Trudy came up to me and asked if I was still her neighbor. So we caught up. Got to see some of her grandchildren and her youngest son who is just a year older than Audrie. I remembered when she asked me if Audrie was mine....way back when Audrie was new....and I'm like noooooo. Well she had just had her last child and she is a bit older than me. Funny that I would have to go all the way to Washington Park to see an old neighbor, but sometimes that is how my life is.
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