The Weekend

Had a fun-filled weekend. Saturday was really nice because the weather was absolutely gorgeous! We took Gabe to a playground Saturday morning that we just discovered within walking distance of our place. Then later, after nap, we went downtown and got dinner at Cha Cha Cha where they have very inexpensive, yet large and yummy burritos. Then we took a bit of a walk and got coffee at Caffe´Umbria. We both got cafe mochas, but I was not impressed. It was just okay, I think Stumptown mochas are better and taste richer.

Then Sunday morning, we had a playdate with our friends Amy and Steve and their son Silas. We met them in our childbirth class at Legacy Emmanuel. They reside in Northeast Portland, not far from New Song, the church that my mom loves to go to when she visits. I always get a kick out of Silas, because in terms of eating habits, he and Gabe are total opposites; Silas will eat anything, to the point where Amy is still like, "Should I be curbing his foods?" It's just interesting, because it really just amounts to all children being different and that's a great thing!

I've decided to have Gabe take his dance class at Peninsula Park Recreation Center, which is actually just four blocks from Steve and Amy, instead of at a rec center closer to us which is in the Tualatin Recreation district. Not only is the class at Tualatin three times the amount of the one at PPR, we have to pay an additional $67 dollars being out of district! That's like over $100 for Gabe to basically freestyle for 45 minutes. Cost for the class at PPR: $18, plus $5 because our taxes do not go to the City of Portland (they go to Beaverton and Tualatin).

While the PPR prices are much more reasonable, I was thinking to myself, wow, it's like we live in some odd limbo land or the Twilight Zone; we live in Portland, but our taxes go to Tualatin/Beaverton, yet we are not in district for the Tualatin Rec. Centers…confusing!

Anyway, this weekend we are going to drive to PPR just to scope things out, see how long it takes to get there, etc.