OMSI Camp...

Bright and early Tuesday morning, equipped with enough gear for a polar expedition, the boys departed for OMSI Camp. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology we received regular updates and photos via the teacher's iPhone. Come Friday afternoon two very tired, rather damp, and somewhat grubby boys arrived home, complete with enough sand to fill a bath tub. Aside from the "rustic" cabins, and somewhat "primitive facilities", both boys appear to have enjoyed themselves. And really, who wouldn't? Especially when you get to eat "french toast with peanut butter and jam" for lunch, and lie on your back "cracking open Oreo's to get to the cream, so you know what it's like for an otter to crack open a shell to get to the soft stuff".

Image from here.

Picasso & Oregon...

A little bit of Picasso inspired artwork, and an another map of Oregon, from Turtle.

A mouse called...

...Apple Tree. Why he has been given this name I'm not sure. He likes to spend his days exploring, but come nightfall you'll find him tucked up in Mu's bed all snug and sound.

A mouse in progress...

Mu's sock mouse is slowly coming together....tomorrow the nose, whiskers, feet and tail will be attached.

Fall festival...

The boy's school held their annual Fall Festival this afternoon. Organised by the elementary students to help raise money for OMSI camp, the festival was a roaring success. We headed along with our offering of brownies for the bake sale...

...and helped set up. There were lots of fun activities on offer including...

...scarecrow making, face painting, pumpkin painting, bat making, tee shirt printing, and pine cone crafts to name a few.

After a fun afternoon we returned home with two slightly manic looking pinecone birds, one painted pumpkin, a pinecone and pompom hamster, plus a pinecone hedgehog. (Note: the hedgehog wasn't available for photographs according to it's 'agent').

Fifth grade...

A fairly impressive Leaf poster (click to enlarge), along with trinomials and fractions....

A Lego street car...

...plus station, complete with pet monkey (visible near right), built from the remains of a 'destroyed' lego aeroplane.

A new subway map...

Summer holidays snapshot...

Here's a quick snapshot of some of the fun things we got up to during the summer hols.

We read an awful lot of books, and visited the pool quite.a.few.times...

...tried out the Canby car ferry, and took in a few 3D movies...

 ...drew heaps and heaps, and walked to the park, inspecting things along the way... 

...went to the beach, and ate yummy pastries... 

...walked here and there, and climbed a giant sandhill... 

...went to the coast with Grandma, Granddad, N and K, and tried out our funky school sunglasses... 

 ...visited Oaks Amusement Park, and rode just about all the rides...

...zipped down a giant slide, and did a spot of fruit picking on Sauvie Island.