Phil’s Fabulous Subs – Forest Grove. A great place to have lunch. http://www.phils1500.com Welcome to Goodwill. A place where Karl Marx is also a piggy bank. Dad finds a way to have a monopoly over fish. Spider thing, spider thing… what the heck is it? Chloe is through being cool. Chloe is also creating a […]
Chloe has been flushing ice cubes down the toilet for weeks, because it’s a thing with the kids these days that this will make it snow. Either way, it did snow! Chloe went on a rampage as “The Buttcrack Bandit”. That is, adding butt cracks to any snowmen she could reach. See? Meanwhile, she’s been […]
Hey, big news! Chloe got into “ACMA” – Arts & Communications Magnet Academy for 9th grade. This is something of a big deal as it means she’ll be able to spend more school time exploring art and animation. If you’d like to know more about the school, here you go –> https://acma.beaverton.k12.or.us/about-us Here’s Chloe dancing in […]
We’re working on getting Chloe into the arts high school in Beaverton so she has more opportunity to focus on her animation and art skills. Here’s two of the things she submitted as part of her application. Someone’s demented sense of humor seems to have filtered down to the child, as shown by these mutant […]
Merry Christmas, everyone! That’s the present Chloe knitted for her mom. And a doodle!
Grama Diane came out to Oregon for the week of Thanksgiving. We took the opportunity to spend two nights at the beach in Seaside, OR. Of course, we zipped down the highway a bit to visit Cannon Beach. That’s Haystock Rock. We also went north a bit to wander around the shops and historic district […]
What will happen with Brock, the Rock? This is a video Chloe made on her phone while we were in Astoria. YouTube detected a copyright issue with some of the music Chloe used in this video, so I had to add it to the site another way. If you have trouble with it, you can […]
Holy cow, Batman! It’s time to go find pumpkins to carve!(new painting by Chloe) First stop, the Giant Pumpkin Regatta Take a giant pumpkin (above), carve a boat out of it (below) and race! Paddle, paddle, paddle! My personal favorite was the guy in the inflatable chicken costume. Afterwards… chicken bake for dinner! Step two: […]
A new painting! This is of a candle we bought at a garage sale. Found at Goodwill – a purse made of cleverly folded chip bags.I really wanted to put some potato chips inside it, but Chloe wouldn’t let me.
And here we see the first day of 8th grade. This is the last year of the Swallowtail Waldorf School. We’re hoping to get Chloe into an arts high school in Beaverton for 9th. Stay tuned! Before we headed off to PA, Chloe and her chums went to perennial kid favorite: The Enchanted Forest! The […]