A couple of weeks ago, on a lovely sunny Friday, we took off to Newport to visit the aquarium. I know now that it's possible for the sun to shine on the coast! Melchi looked overhead at sharks in a tank from his passenger post in the Ergo and particularly enjoyed the auklets . I learned about the chiton (ky-ton) - and touched one in a special pool. It looked hard and spiky but was rather soft. On the food front, our lunch at the Rogue Brewery was overpriced and disappointing (no beer...what?).
Today, another sunny Friday, we all hit Albany. Mike worked in the coffeehouse while Melchi and I went shopping. For the first time in 179 years, I went antique/junk browsing. Albany has a number of stores in this range. I was in the market for egg cups and small wooden furniture appropriate for a certain cutie to climb on, but no dice.
Oh, but I did find some lovely things for Melchi in the downtown toy store! You'll notice that we have a certain animal obsession around here: I got squirting tub toys (3 pigs), a bubble wand, and a Wheely Cow. What's that, you say? http://wheelybug.com/products.html It was difficult to choose, but in the end, the Holstein won. I think these are the same little cars Melchi and I encountered at the Play Factory in Corvallis last week, when I thought he might get run over in the little car area (too many older kids for babies to feel safe). Speaking of such outings, Melchi is a sociable child with no sign of separation anxiety, as he crawls away from me speedily to make new friends. How this happened from me and Mike, I'll never know.
