Saturdays Market

Today the girls and I hitched a ride to the Saturdays Market in down town Portland with Grandma and Grandpa Milne. Actually I invited myself when I heard they were going because I knew that was the only way we could go. (Todd is not a big fan of me taking the girls into Portland-and pretty much refuses to do so. He knows way too much about what really goes on there and sometimes runs into people he has arrested before. This way he didn't have to go, and there was still a guy with us so he felt ok about us going.) So anyways after promissing Todd I wouldn't use my visa(cash only), or lose any of the girls, and stay as far away from potsmokers or bongs as we could, we were off. The girls were in awe of all the sights and sounds around. When I asked them tonight what they liked best here were there responses:
Kaylee-I liked the elephant ears with apple butter on them.
Jennifer-I liked the wooden flute whistles. (She really wanted one but didn't have enough money to get one this time.)
Samantha-I liked the colorful bowls(She meant glass blown vases-what good taste she has!)
and the reindeer whistle I bought.
Megan -It was a hard decision but she also picked the elephant ears.
Kaylee also added that "It was really cool and it smelled so good."
We had a great time roaming around and only purchased a few small things before having our elephant ears and leaving. We managed to follow all of Todds requests except we did see a few glass blown bongs that the girls had no idea what they were. I enjoyed spending the day with family and especially loved seeing all the items made of wood. It reminded me of when I was little and my parents would take me there. I would look at the wood clocks, and smooth wood bowls forever. It is fun to appreciate others art and talents in that setting because it is all so different.