While at Ocean City, New Jersey we stayed at The Tahiti Inn. As you can see, this helped feed Dad’s Tiki obsession.The big win for us was being just a half-block off the beach and boardwalk. The waterfall feature is blocked by my hat. Dang!If any tiki fans are reading this, at the south end […]
Shady Cat continues to find his turkey costume oddly comforting. Garage sale! I seem to be the only one in the family who actually likes to wear hats.Not pictured is ball cap from the Valdez Pipeline I picked up. Not the worst one dollar I’ve ever spent at a garage sale.That’s another story altogether. Chloe […]
So, we held Mondo Croquet in the park. It turned out there was a Samoan Cultural Festival going on. Ok, so I found the tiki chicken at Goodwill. It has nothing to do with the Samoan Cultural Festival. These lovely ladies were part of the festivities. Chloe is ready to play. She’s going to be […]
Foreshadowing Nature! Chloe painted this owl for a friend at school. The artist at work. Competing at the track meet. Chloe playing recorder for the 8th grade graduation ceremony. Use this in case of trouble with the help. Chloe and her friend Sophia having fun. Trying on a more formal look Origami Origami The Dark […]
So, I started this for Chloe by drawing the first panel with the chicken with a hot dog…The order of the panels is a little hard to figure out, but let the epic battle begin! Chloe has one more year at her current school, and we’re planning on getting her into the Arts High School […]
What’s this? Steve didn’t totally forget Fastnacht Day this year? Nope! But he did forget until the day-of, so we went with this recipe which doesn’t need to raise overnight. This year I was smart enough to halve the recipe so that we only have too many delicious donut-like pastries around instead of way, way […]
For the second dance of the year, the theme was “Black and White” in hopes the kids would make an attempt at dressing more formally. Chloe went with white dress shirt, black skirt, stompy-boots and of course, a black tie. This is the “Before” shot. Here’s the “during” shot… …and pooped-out afterwards!
Our cold snap is coming to an end, much to the relief of the people out there who lost power. Ice storm last night and today we went out in a light drizzle to see if we could sled. Icicle nose! Setting up the tube… Introduction to ice on hills. This time, for sure! And […]
Here in the Pacific Northwest, especially in the lower elevations, snow is pretty rare. It also often turns to rain quickly and opportunities for sledding here in the Willamette Valley are few and far between. When it does snow, it tends to be pretty wet but during this cold snap it’s been very dry and […]
Hey Joe, whaddaya know? A long cold snap brought several inches of snow. Dry snow, like we never get! Let’s go sledding Dad! Another good run. And a victorious walk home.