Activity #426: Spend a week in Portland
My friend Amanda lives with her husband and son and daughter in Portland, so she’s done this maternity leave thing twice. Once with Jed, and now that he’s in preschool, with baby Willa.
She’s done us the favor of laying out a plan for the week that offers a rainy day option for each day, because in Portland, you never know…
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Monday
- Rainy Day: Book Babies at Sellwood-Moreland Library (11-11:30) followed by lunch at Grand Central Bakery (kids’ area in the back) at 7987 SE 13th Street
- Sunny Day: Oregon Zoo ($9.50 for adults) - make sure to get animal-shaped French fries at the Africafe. Also check out the zoo concert series. You can bring a picnic dinner and hang out on the lawn.
Tuesday
- Rainy Day: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry [OMSI] ($9 for adults) - go the Science Playground upstairs and visit the 0-24 month section or brave the sandbox.
- Mommy Matinee at the Kennedy School ($3 at 1pm)
- Sunny Day: Take a walk in the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden - Admission is free on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Stop at the farm stand on 28th street just north of the Garden and buy some cracked corn to feed the ducks for $1.




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