Mommathon

The boys and I went to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) today. The word on the street was that they were having a video game exhibit. Sure enough, they were, and it was pretty cool. They had some of the very first video games (circa late 1970’s to early 1980’s) as well as pinball machines, arcade games, video games from different countries and also more modern games. They also had a variety of handheld gaming devices from long ago (Speak and Spell, Simon and that handheld football game that everyone had) up to a DS3D. We were at OMSI for about three hours and we spent most of that time in that room. (It was a big room). We did make time to eat lunch and to run to see the live animal/insect room though.

We are planning on going back before school starts (that gives us until Monday) so that Sean can go too. I am not sure I am going to be able to get him out of the “old timer” game room…he’ll be reliving his teenage years. 🙂

The boys and I ventured out to a spot I first saw last year when we went berry picking. We didn’t make it there last summer, but this place was on my list of places to visit for this summer. It has a great education building with lots of hands-on things for the kids to do and then there are paths that lead to various parts of the wetlands.(That are super duper not wet in August…we’ll have to go back in April.) It was absolutely beautiful though and there was only one other family there, so it was quiet too.

This picture was taken after we saw a snake. Liam is consoling Colm. (I don’t know why Colm needed consoling since I am the one who had to give him a piggyback ride so his feet weren’t touching the ground.) Since they were both a little distraught after the snake sighting I gave them my camera to distract them…worked like a charm.

(Project 365-8/30/11)