Pomerleau Family Blog: Visiting Corvallis in early September before school starts

I decided to take off the Thursday and Friday after Labor day (the week prior to Brandon starting kindergarten and me having to have toe surgery) to take the kids to my parents' house in Corvallis. Sean was going to Eugene that weekend to watch a Ducks game with his sister and parents. On Thursday, I spent the morning cleaning up and doing laundry and then we went to the Fall consignment sale. That was another added thing that I had to do this Fall was to purge and get all the clothes and toys ready for the consignment sale. I do the consignment sale through Baby Bottom Dollar (have been doing it for the past 5 years) and its twice a year, in the fall and the spring. It's a big pain because I have to get all the stuff organized, cleaned, and tagged with pricing and hung on hangers and then I have to go and drop it off. I get 65% of the proceeds and would get more if I volunteered but did not have time with work and impending toe surgery. I feel so much better once I drop of all the items like I have purged the house (which is a great feeling). Anyways, this was the first time I took the kids with me to the consignment sale (usually they are at school) since we had the day off. They behaved really well although they wanted to get into some of the toys and I had to watch them. It was also nice having them there since they could let me know what they liked and did not like and I found some toys for Christmas that I put away for them. After the consignment sale, I mowed the lawn and finished up laundry and watered all my plants which is a big ordeal and then we left for Corvallis!

The first full day in Corvallis we played in the morning with the beloved Polly Pockets. We packed a picnic lunch and drove over to Peavy Aborteum to do a favorite childhood hike to Turtle Lake. Olivia was a little cranky and tired when we started but then pulled out of it once she got some lunch and chocolate! She can get quite "hangry" if she does not have enough food in her stomach. We made it to the lake and had a picnic lunch on the log and then hung out by the lake. The kids luckily did not fall in but did have a lot of fun wading and sticking their feet in the water. We did have poor Brandon fall off the logs twice but luckily he rebounded and was fine. We spent the evening playing at the house and the kids were worn out and went to bed early which was nice.

Building a Lego set with Baba

Pumpkin on the hike to Turtle lake

The kids enjoying the hike

Eating lunch on the log

Olivia on the boat ramp

With Baba

Enjoying time sticking their feet in the lake

View of the lake

Love this one with Pumpkin

Happy spot!

On top of the log (before he fell)

The next day we went to the park and played. Afterwards we had frozen yogurt (yum!) and headed back to the house. My dad wanted to take the kids to the movie (it would be Olivia's first!), the "Secret Life of the Pets" and the kids loved it! They had so much fun and my Dad said that Olivia did great and watched the entire movie. After the movie the kids came back and we hung out at the house and had a "Castle battle" which the kids loved with the Playmobil castle. After the kids went to bed I got to watch the Ducks game and we got to finish up a cute movie with my parents. The next day we went out to breakfast the New Morning Bakery and then went to Avery Park which is one of the kids all time favorite parks in Corvallis. Brandon still enjoys playing on the train and made a friend. Olivia liked playing on the dinosaur rock bones and swinging. We then had to pack up and get home as Brandon's first day of kindergarten was the next day and my toe surgery was three days later. It was a fun last summer get away.