Today was homeschool day at The Oregon Garden. We went last year (without Lola) and the year before Lola was born, but this year I decided to brave it with her. All things considered, our day went very well. The weather forecast predicted 90s, so we were dressed for warm weather but the morning started out cool (in the 60s, I think) and overcast. We met up with my sister Holly, my niece Ivy, and three other friends. (And then we saw what seemed like the entire homeschooling community in the Willamette Valley…)
Lola was thrilled to be included.
The clouds burned off and the day warmed up considerably while we were in the children’s garden playing and picnicking.
This tree got hit during our crazy lightning storm last week!
It is tradition to end our day in the big fountain, and we were all rather toasty by the afternoon. Alas, the kids were sorely disappointed to find the water off for some reason. We found another fountain, though, and the day was saved.
And so we ended the day refreshed, with a squishy-squashy walk back to the truck. It was 82 degrees on our drive home. The boys convinced me to stop at the Learning Palace (an education-related store), so we had a fun stop there. It was up to 90 degrees when we got home—finally.