Very usual circumstances aligned this year during Spring Break, and Johnny had the entire week off. We have never had that happen before and we were sooo thrilled! We didn't have much planned at the beginning of the week, but felt like we just HAD to make the most of it!
So we kicked off the week with an impromptu trip to Portland's "The Art of the Brick" OMSI exhibit. It was fascinating to see incredible duplication of art - made entirely out of Legos.
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| Mona Lisa made entirely out of Legos |
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| Famous farmer picture |
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| My kids don't have any Easter island associations with this statue. They watched Night at the Museum at Auntie Jen's last week and all they could say was "Dumb dumb give me gum-gum" |
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| Photo bomb by Daddy! T-Rex made from Legos |
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| Pencil & paper made from Legos |
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| Floor, Table, fruit bowl, easel, art, all from legos |
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| Tree huggers |
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| Free play at the end of the exhibit |
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| Cutie |
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| Displaying their creations |
The end of the week we headed to the coast for a 2 night stay! The weather was awesome despite the predicted rain. We were so thrilled to be a stone's throw from the sand. The kids played hard.
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| Look at these cuties! |
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My mom brought a sled so Johnny could pull Auntie Jen down to the beach.
Sawyer got the benefit of a few free rides! |
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| I thought Sawyer would be hesitant in the sand, but he was in HEAVEN! He just crawled right out and played! |
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| Man I love this kid! |
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| The kids had a goal of digging a giant hole! As tall as them... they didn't quite get there... but they got a good start! |
For Christmas the Barton fam bought the kids a membership to the Newport Aquarium. I have made it my personal goal to go as often as we can to make the most of our membership! We stopped by on our way home on Saturday and spent an hour and a half wandering around visiting our favorite exhibits!
Passages of the deep never ceases to amaze me! It was a little claustrophobic since it was super crowded for Spring break... but it was still SO cool!
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| Daaaaaaaadddddddd!!!! |
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Not sure why Natalee included this pic when she added all our Spring break pictures - but since it's here... hey.. I chopped my hair! I wanted to wear it curly and down more often... and it literally took 6-8 hours to dry naturally when it was long. I was sooo over it! CHOP-chop!
We had a WONDERFUL Spring Break and it was such a special treat! Probably our best Spring Break yet! We were so blessed to have wonderful time with Daddy and just be together as a whole family! |
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