That time of year

Our youngest is going to be a freshman 

It is hard to believe that Cameron is going to be in 9th grade this Fall. He will still be in Oregon Connections Academy.  We are one of the original "pioneer" families in ORCA and will be starting our 8th year. It's an amazing program and improves a little every year. We have to decide, soon, what classes Cam is going to be taking. He already has a couple of math credits so that is a good start. He'll definitely take Geometry but could probably take Algebra II at the same time. I guess it's time to call an advisor.

Play date for Wyatt

 Wyatt's friend's mom and I talked back in the Fall about getting the boys together for an OMSI outing. She came up to me yesterday and said, "How about tomorrow?" It worked for me.  Since we both have  memberships and Wyatt is on mine we decided to meet there after school.

 We got there a bit before they did so Wyatt and Genevieve took advantage of the temporarily dry weather and ran around a bit outside.

We got our hands stamped and waited in the lobby area and Science Store.  That place has a lot of great learning toys and games. There was more than enough to keep us busy until they arrived.

 One of Wyatt's best buddies, Everett.  They really enjoy spending time together. We are going to make sure that they get some more opportunities before the end of the school year.

Partly cloudy and very windy Portland

 These three pictures could almost be put together in a panorama. The photo above has a building in the center that I call the "Access of Evil" building.  It looks like a black void in the cityscape. Any time day or night it looks ominous. I have no idea what the building really is called.

 The photo on the left has the floating Newport Bay restaurant in the lower left corner and part of the marina. The right hand picture has KOIN tower, one of the most recognizable buildings in the city.

River residents

 These geese were navigating some pretty choppy waters today.  I wish I could have depicted just how windy is was.  They saw us looking at them and Genevieve threw a few rocks down the bank so they thought we had food.  It didn't take them long to turn around and come up to the walking path of the Esplanade under the Marquam Bridge.

Wyatt's artwork

I should have asked him what the interpretation of this watercolor poster he made is. 

 It is one of the art projects he's done in Mr Lamp's art class. 

Wyatt loves to create things. He does a very nice job.