Day 206...lovely day for a down town adventure

Aug 13

I've been kind of craving Pine State Biscuits, so I convinced Eli we should go to the down town farmers market, so we could have some...they have a market vendor there. We were unaware that this weekend was also PSU graduation....which was right next to the farmers market, so the whole place was just packed! It was kind of hectic and crazy. Martyn seemed to enjoy riding in the stroller well enough, so it was ok.

I had to wait in the line for Pine State for at least 30 min, which was annoying, and kind of fun I have to admit. These little Japanese ladies got in line right behind me, and after a few minutes one of them says to me, "this food, very famous?" I said oh yeah. Then she says, "very famous juice, right?" I told her this was the line for the "very famous" biscuits, and if they wanted juice, I thought the line was for the next booth over. It was just kind of funny.

We got our food, and found a good sitting spot at the end of the park blocks, across the street from all the food stands. There was a lady and her 4 or 5 year old son playing chase, around a tree that was near-ish to us. I noticed Eli really watching them play, with a big smile on his face.

I asked him if he was looking forward to Martyn being that age, so he could play with him like that, and he nodded. I told him if he wanted, I would chase him around the tree with the stroller, so it would appear that Martyn was chasing him around the tree....we both got a pretty good laugh out of that.

It was a fun adventure to come to the down town farmers market, but it was more for the adventure it's self, than to actually get stuff. With the fun of the down town farmers market, also comes the prices....and the Beaverton farmers market is simply more cost effective. We did get some really awesome pasta from the crazy pasta guy though, since he doesn't have a booth in Beaverton. Eli also got a bottle of some really yummy hard cider....we had gotten some last year and it was fantastic. It tastes like sweet Champagne. Normally, I'm not a fan of Champagne at all, but this cider was pretty fantastic. He said he would fix me a nice dinner some night this week, and serve it up. Fancy!

We mossied back down to the MAX and rode home. Martyn wasn't afraid of the MAX at all, which was nice. I nursed him on the way back, since there weren't a lot of people, and we were sitting in the back. When we got home, it was time for Martyn to have a nap, in a major way. I ended up taking a nap with him, and slept a good part of the middle of the day. I think I really needed it. Eli finished mowing the back yard, which is so nice now. I had been planning to stop by a friend's going away party later in the afternoon, but the overwhelming desire to just chill out at home, with Martyn (Eli went to have a beer with his buddy for his birthday) got the best of me.

That's ok. Sometimes, a nice relaxing evening is just in order.