Two days after the small gathering we had on Chloe’s actual birthday with Randy and Jeane, Lisa arranged for a kid-style party at PDX Playdate, an indoor place with a huge indoor play structure for them to run, jump, crawl and climb in and private rooms for parties. A stand-out of the experience was the […]
Soren and I started off Father’s day on Saturday by having most of the kids over and firing up the charcoal grill. Here’s Chloe and Soren & Marya’s daughter Saskia showing off the fortress they’ve started building in the back yard. You’ll notice that they’ve got weapons and are prepared to stick it to any […]
Yeah, so my old friend Soren invited me to stay with him for a bit while I work out my personal housing issues. He missed the window for free xmas tree disposal, so it was still hanging around in May. I happen to have this giant truck machine so we tried taking it to the […]
Well, Soren Petersen and I took care of our three daughters overnight and no one died, went hungry or had to go to the ER — VICTORY! Here’s Chloe showing off her budding sculpture skills. She’s really getting quite good. We also went Pokémon hunting. Here’s Chloe with one of her imaginary critters. AND LET THERE […]
Working with owl pellets at Tyron Creek State Park! …meanwhile over at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge…. Time for a nature walk! We found frog eggs!
Hey sports fans! Chloe and I went on the annual Goodwill Hunting assault on SW Portland’s thrift shops. And we did mighty good.
Ok, so this holiday season I ran across this: https://www.playpiper.com It’s a kit where your Minecraft-obsessed children get to assemble their own computer, then are launched into a series of Minecraft-driven interactives to introduce them (sneakily) to STEM learning concepts by wiring up components and doing some basic programming. I helped her a bit to assemble […]
Christmas day, Mom’s place Unicorn Hoodie! Rainbow pencil holder! Enter the Ender Dragon! And a little bit of New Year
This year Chloe got to do something really special, play Santa Lucia at her school: What’s Santa Lucia? Click here to learn more. Chloe is leading the procession to bring the special buns to all the classrooms. ‘Lussekatts’, St Lucia’s day buns flavored with saffron and dotted with raisins. Yes, those are real candles!
Chloe will tell you that no breakfast is complete without chocolate pancakes. Then we run off to the Northwest Trek wildlife park, see? Mountain goat! We also saw lynx, cougar, bobcat, bears, wolves, owls, snakes, elk, bison…. Chloe impresses Adaline with her from-memory recital of every My Little Pony movie: Dinnertime! Ok, they are actually […]