Last Hurrah

For some reason, this post didn’t post when I scheduled it to, so this is referring to the first week of January, so you don’t get confused.

Michael took all of last week off, before returning to work to start working 10+ hour days for the rest of Tax Season. We spent the week organizing, cleaning, shopping, and generally taking care of things around here.. somewhat. But on Friday, after a prenatal doctor’s appointment we all went on an outing to downtown Portland (stopping at Mattress World in Clackamas to buy a new mattress, yippee!!). 

We rode the MAX up one way, and the streetcar back the other, gathering a lot of smiles from people observing our little flock. Monica gets a lot of smiles for her irresistible cuteness and the boys’ general enthusiasm about all things on wheels/rails gets a few chuckles and cautious stranger smiles. We contemplated taking the kids to the big library but went to Fergusons, a much more exciting toy shop instead (didn’t buy anything). We stopped at Burger King on our way in (a big hit!) and I used a Starbucks gift card I got for Christmas to get a chai latte and a kids hot chocolate at the Starbucks in the Rotunda at Pioneer Place. Although we were tired out from all of that herding of small children and answering of questions, even us parents had a good time, and it was a nice final fling before the Dreaded Tax Season sets in. Judah took a picture of us at Pioneer Place (which is why he’s not in the picture).