Month: February 2020

President’s Day. No Growing Tree. I went to work at the COLLEGE. I wore a tie so the students knew I meant business. Mom and I started the day off with a donut.

The Bigs had a Happy Thursday. Great turns on a gorgeous day at Bachelor.

Friday night we stopped at Laughing Planet for dinner. They have an awesome dinosaur collection.

And some pretty neat dishes. Moroccan Bowl: baked tempeh, harissa-braised veggies, apricot mint couscous, and cherry apple chutney.

Harvest Bowl: quinoa, black beans, yams, sautéed kale, tempeh, avocado, cilantro-lime slaw, and pumpkin seeds.

On Saturday we tried hard to get the elusive rainbow chair on Rainbow lift. We missed it by one!

After skiing, I hit the playground for a little extra exercise.

A good ninja never stops pushing the limits.

Sometimes this makes The Bigs break.

Uncle Chris sent me this awesome Beastie Boy album.

I LOVED their outfits on the cover, so I dressed like a Beastie Boy on Saturday and made The Bigs listen to the album over and over.

We had some company at breakfast this morning. Chewbacca wanted some of my waffles, but I did not share.

Great Auntie Cheryl sent us a new cookbook. The Bigs have been busy making recipes. Waffles:

Pancakes:

Dark chocolate cupcakes:

With camouflage frosting, of course (I was dissatisfied with the execution, but I kept it to myself):

My new favorite song is ‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn’ by the Beastie Boys. As you’ll see, it is very appropriate.

Cordy-Roy had a rough week. I put splints on his ear and paw, but his heart still sounds bad.

More NINJA training.

I take Valentine’s Day almost as seriously as ninja training. I signed 21 cards (actually 25, Mom didn’t like my signature on a few, so she made me re-sign them).

I made special Valentines for my teachers.

We had Emmett’s pasta for Valentine’s Day dinner. YUM YUM YUM.

The doctor told Mom – no more coffee. Here is her matcha latte. Yes, it is GREEN.

More pictures from ninja class? Wrong! I had The Bigs bring me for a post-skiing ninja session. I had some moves to perfect.

New variation on waffle breakfast.

Skiing in the 100 Acre Wood.

It’s steep, and yes, the first three times I screamed and hollered all the way down, but I kept insisting on going back, and by the end of the day – it was easy as pie.

Another week, one step closer to becoming a ninja. Army crawling:

Climbing the net:

Eleni came to ninja training this week – I showed her the ropes:

It was Luminaria weekend at Meissner, so they built a giant snow dragon:

After all that dragon play, I was feeling a bit 11 o’clockish, so we stepped into the shelter for a little smackeral of something. (Yes, we just recently finished both Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.)

After some skiing on my own, I decided to hitch a ride back to the car:

where I turned back into Owl (remember we are reading Winnie the Pooh), and had some lunch:

After a few hours at home, we headed back to Meissner for the Luminaria ski, and more dragon play:

Having a little beef broth to warm me up:

Not only Luminaria, but also a full moon:

Blinded by the iPhone flash:

If the whole ninja thing doesn’t work out, at least I’ll have my jedi skills to fall back on (Mom, on the other hand, should not quit her day job):

This weekend’s breakfast. The only thing better than avocado toast is avocado waffles:

Lots of ice fell from the sky this week:

Post-ski gelato:

The Bigs are cooking; it’s time to get down to business:

Sometimes I feel like The Bigs do not appreciate my sense of style:

I am particularly pleased with one of my more recent clothing purchases – army pants. Watch out GI Joe:

In other news, ninja training continues.

It was good preparation for a weekend in the big city. Where I swam:

walked (and walked and walked – to awesome places like Powell’s Books, where I managed to leave with $100 worth of books. It’s pretty easy to manipulate The Bigs when it comes to books):

went to see a play based on Dragons Love Tacos:

rode the train (public transportation makes me giddy):

went to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI):

and ate a lot of amazing food.

On the first night, I had a great piece of pepperoni pizza:

and some strawberry coconut ice cream.

The Bigs had Bibimbap bowls from Kim Jong Smokehouse – scorched rice and noodles, sesame sprouts, daikon kim chee, napa kim chee, pickled apple, fried egg, sesame seeds, and meat.

The second day we had a great lunch – with braised beet salad and a jambalaya soup:

and an amazing Moroccan dinner of majadra – brown lentils and rice simmered with sauteed onions in secret spices

and Moroccan chicken – slow-cooked and oven-baked chicken, served over a Moroccan sauce.

I LOVED every minute of the trip and begged The Bigs to move in to the Embassy Suites. It was the greatest. A pool, free breakfast, really nice wallpaper, and they even had extra Puppies, just like mine.

I was very sad to go. The good news is that the Oregon Children’s Theater has a play about “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “The Last Stop on Market Street” planned for later in the season.