Bible Verse

Here are some pictures of a Hammar family favorite activity.

Horsey rides!

And this is what it looks like when Erika tries to throw her sister off the horsey!

We are working with Erika on learning Bible verses. I found this really cool website that has Bible verses set to common nursery songs. Her first memory verse was this one:

"Children, obey your parents in everything. For this pleases the Lord." Colossians 3:20

Okay, so she knows the Bible verse......now we are trying to get her to put it into practice!

We had a Hammar family weekend o' fun over the long weekend. We started by going to the Portland Children's Museum on Saturday morning. It was a super fun place for the girls to run around in! They had all sorts of different exhibits including a grocery store/restaurant play place, a hospital play area, a fun with water exhibit, a theater and all sorts of other things. The girls loved exploring/touching/playing with everything! We are super excited to go back.
After we were done at the museum, we walked across the street to the zoo. We only made it about halfway through the animals before the rain started pouring so we ran to the car and headed home.
On Sunday afternoon, we drove to Silver Falls State Park and took the girls hiking. Erika seemed to enjoy it a lot, but I think the paths were a bit too rough and rocky for Laurel. She didn't like getting jostled so much. But, they both were big troopers and did really well! I think we might wait a while before going on another hiking adventure, though.
Monday was cold and rainy so we didn't do a whole lot. We played outside on the swing set and trampoline when the weather finally cleared up after naptime.
It was a really fun weekend and it is so nice to have all sorts of different activities for the girls to do in our area!

Laurel and Erika in the ambulance simulator activity.

The water area was by far the big hit with the girls.

Laurel dressed like a dinosaur in the theater area.

And Erika painted on her face.

Laurel and the goat at the zoo. The goat is just starting to eat the zoo employee's shorts. Then, he tried to start eating Erika's dress at which point we left the goat exhibit.

Erika wasn't quite sure she liked the goat.

Laurel and Daddy at Silver Falls.

A couple of the paths went behind the waterfalls, which was really cool! Erika said she was taking a shower.

Erika describing the waterfall.

Umbrella strollers aren't the best for hiking trails.