Daddy, I'm scared

Abe: Today we took daddy out for his 54th birthday to Oaks Park, this fun and historic amusement ride park that was having its annual Octoberfest. We know dad likes beer and we like rides plus it was a warm sunny day along the river.

We liked the train and every other ride except this really scary Rolly Coaster one that Sally and my mom took us on.

Dear Mommy: please don't make us do things that make our faces as frightened as this ever again, OK?

click here for more pics like ice cream faces and chicken dancing

Am I on Fire?

Koh: Thru my blog I met the people from a secret gaming society with code name Fire. I can't really say much, but they want me to join, and I'm a little nervous. It's all online stuff until you get in, then I couldn't say any more.

"Fire" is always around, in chat words, on the game walls, lots of gunfire, just everywhere ...including the hot fire brand I would have to get on my body.

Please help me by "comment" below. Do you think I should do it? I'll be 3 in January, and I can officially get in then. My parents don't know about this.

We miss our Grandma

Koh: We took Grandma to the train station yesterday and she gave us BIG hugs and said she was going to her 50th high school reunion in Wisconsin and would be gone almost 3 weeks! But what about Mondays with Grandma? What about trips to her house? Orange treats? Weekend adventures like this one to Maryhill Museum?

Come home Grandma! Grandma come home!

Corndogs, Cows, 4H Clubs - guess where we went today?

...to the Oregon State Fair, of course! World biggest petting zoo, lots of greasy food even grandma and mom and dad ate, fun acrobats on stage, free stickers and pencils, these really big scary animals everywhere, milking the goat, ribbons on rabbits, "don't step in the poop," loud chickens not like ours, sky-high rides ...when do we get to go back?

Thanks, Taz! Thanks, Margie!

Koh:
Dear Margie and Taz,

Abe and me made this singing video to THANK YOU for the nice books from Amazon.com.

Stinky Cheese

Abe: Just because I'm a kid doesn't mean I have to like just plain ol' American cheese or Velveeta. I have sophisticated tastes. I like gorgonzola. A lot. I mean I will eat fistfuls of it. Oh, and feta too. Koh likes gorgonzola too, especially as a sandwich between two Triscuit crackers.

Ohio Fowlers come to visit

Abe: I like Taz and Margie! My Dad's Vermilion friends came to visit for a week and said SHOW IT ALL TO US 'cause they'd never been to the northwest before. We like that request ...so off we went to all these places like the ocean beach, the ice cream store, the cheese factory, the zoo, the river, big trees, playgrounds and more.

We got to ride more trains, touch giant slugs, and they let us eat A LOT of blackberries and we even had pizza at a place so far away we zonked out on the drive home. I guess. Plus they played with us and read to us and I showed them our chickens.

Taz and Margie ...when will you please come back?

NAKED CAR WASH $5

Floor urinals - we love this!

Koh - We took Grandma to her first nude beach today, which she really liked - even though we all kept our clothes on.

It was a fun afternoon of Columbia River splashing and staying cool when the temps were almost 100 again today.

But the most fun was getting to pee in the state park bathroom after Dad showed us how to use these TALL URINALS. We now want one of these for the house... really Mom pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaase can we get one? Think of how much more clean and tidy all those toilet areas will be when all us boys can just go here!

Love letter from Dad #8

Dear Abe - Thanks for that 10 minutes of joy yesterday afternoon after you had that boy-I'm-pooped-after-the-day-of-summer-outings-including-the-big-city-pool-can-I-please-just-lie-down zoned out look. We put down the paddles, I sprawled out, and you came over to lie on me. Plop, perfect stillness, no sounds but the ocean, no movement except two heartbeats. Oh now that was 10 minutes of joy. Wispy clouds in the blue sky above, refreshing breeze through the backyard, cool comfy grass in the shade of a 90 degree day, summer's first gin & tonic half full on the patio.

That was a really nice zone we were in. I love you, you know. -Dad

Renee caught us love lounging and captured these pixels in a camera from the deck above.

Sorry Bugs

Koh: Mommy is making me and Abey blog an apology to bugs. To all those we've already squished and all those she said we have yet to squish. So, sorry bugs.

Photo is unrelated to this post. I'm just cute with my new haircut and having my first-ever lollipop.

Skinny Dippin' is the best

Abe: I remember 2 yrs ago this campground where Dad taught us about naked swimming in a river. We love our daily "naked baby hour" at home and it's even better outdoors ...so we went back to that same spot by these big clear rivers now that we're big and can do whatever we want.

Camping with Mom and Dad in a tent is the best. Hikes, river fun, sand, rock throwing, fish and birds and bug chasing ...wow.

The only fireworks this weekend were in my tummy that first night ...i think i was just hot and excited about my life.

More photos here.

Fruit bats on the loose

Abe: We love fruit and especially berries and especially when we pick our own. Let us loose in our raspberry garden this month and we clear the bushes of everything red. OH MY, SOOO GOOD. Dad, what do you mean we have to go now?

High Times at Low Tide

Koh: Our nice neighbors let us use their BEACH HOUSE this week and boy did we like that... we flew kites, ate salmonberries, played every day in this REALLY REALLY BIG SANDBOX, hiked, picked up starfish, touched anemones and crabs, threw rocks, got wet in the surf, ate ice cream or s'mores every day, slept in the same BIG BED, drank beer, fine dined at the pizzeria, saw lots of big trucks, collected shells and rocks for our museum, and filled up the car with sand.

We don't know why we had to leave and whined "BEACH HOUSE" all the way home in the car. Click here to see our photos (34).

Boys Beer Run by Bicycle

Koh: Dad took us today on our first BEER RUN and it was fun 'cause we went by bicycle with me and Abe in the trailer. The tour included a snack break at Starbucks and a playground which made us thirsty and we decided we liked beer, even though Dad dint know. You see he bought so much we had to prop our feet up on it, so we just tested one little drink.