Portland Day 5: Quick, before we have to leave

Our last day in Portland we went back downtown to do as much as we could before it was time to go.  Portland has a lot of restaurants that provide sustainably grown, local, organic foods, so I had a list of a few restaurants I was hoping to visit.  At lunchtime we ate at Chef Naoko, the tiniest, most delicious Japanese restaurant, and then we headed to the Portland Art Museum for an hour or so.  When we came out of the museum we walked around in some beautiful areas downtown and took some pictures:

This is Jane flirting with a scary hoodlum near us who
was smiling and making googly-eyes at her.

After this we stopped at Portland's beautiful public library so that I could print off our boarding passes for the next day.  They have lovely, huge arched windows and the trees outside were just starting to get gorgeous green leaves.

(This is not my photo)

We got back in the car and drove up to the Pittock Mansion which sits right above Portland.  Jane fell asleep on the way, so Michael stayed in the car with her while I ran inside the mansion to get in on the very last tour before they closed for the day.

When I got back to the car Jane was just waking up, so we all walked around the grounds for a little while so Michael could see the beautiful views of the city.

(Again, not my photo)

After that we went to the delicious Farm Cafe where I had the best rhubarb crumble I've ever had.  Yummm.  Jane ate cheerios and watched Tangled on our ipod, how very unprogressive of her. =)

The next day we flew home.  We tried to plan our morning trip to the airport so that it was during Jane's nap and she could sleep in the car, but she didn't fall asleep until just before we had to park.  We tried leaving her in the car seat while we made our way to the gate so that she could sleep a little longer, which I never thought would work, but she somehow stayed asleep EVEN WHEN A JET FLEW RIGHT OVERHEAD.  Michael and I just looked at each other in shock.  Of course, when we set the carseat on the ground so we could check our bags, then she wakes up.  So she slept for a total of, hmm, 10 minutes or so?

Luckily, I was the third person on the plane so I was able to choose our seats right behind the bulkhead.  JACKPOT!  Check it out:

Walking room!  Jane unloaded the diaper bag and threw all her little toys on the floor and was able to move around (corralled by Michael's leg that you see in the photo), and she generally had a great time.  Amazing for practically no sleep.  Success!  It was a nice finishing touch to our trip.

We didn't do as much as we thought we would, but we still had a great time as a little family just doing things together.  What fun!