OMSI Fun

I have heard so much about the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and have been trying to find a reason to drive down to Portland just for it. Finally, we hooked up with our friends and made it a playdate. There's a lot more to the OMSI, but with our young kids, we just stayed in the Science Playground and they all had a lot of fun. Mason was especially attracted to the sand and water area, but it seemed like that was more appropriate for kids 3 and up. 

On the right side of the second picture above is an upside down cone that has been sliced apart. Coming up from the cone is air. Mason, along with a lot of the other kids, enjoyed watching as the ball floated due to the air coming up. It was pretty neat. 

Afterwards, we had lunch at Bunk Bar Water off of Water Ave. I ordered the Pulled Pork sandwich with the tomato soup, which reminded me of when I was pregnant with Mason, and had so many tomato soup from Jason's Deli. Yum!

Kaolee

Lan Su Chinese Garden

This weekend, we went to the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland. While we were in line, a gentleman actually offered us a free ticket so we just had to pay for one, which was really nice. The garden was extremely peaceful despite the fact that it was right in Portland. The garden had a pond on the inside so that when you walked the perimeter, you always had a view of the water. I love the trees, shrubberies and flowers that they had in there. It really added to the ambiance of the garden. We also got to watch the lion show which was very cool!

There's a tea house, and a garden shop. Both were quite packed so we weren't able to explore. We can't wait to go back! Mason absolutely loved the fishes in the pond.

Kaolee