Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, 2023

December 25, 2023

Santa Claus was here, or at least a Santa Claus. Chloe and her new Cactus friend. Shady Cat. He likes to eat pine needles, and then barf them up.Yay for America…

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Heading Into The 2023 Holidays

December 20, 2023

Hey, here’s the kid! Chloe had never cooked a whole fish before. …and her first time having a whole crab! (Oregon Dungeness crab) Ice skating at Lloyd Center

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School Photos & Plushies

December 10, 2023

2023 Chloe School PhotosWell, these are two samples of the six taken. If you’d like to order them printed nicely and delivered from the photographer, just ask me and I’ll send you the link to the web site. They are really quite nice. These are two photos I snitched and did a rough job of […]

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Cake, 2023!

November 24, 2023

Chloe wants me to appear on the humerous baking show called Nailed It! Click here to watch Nailed It! on Netflix. So we made a baking video of us baking. I thought we were supposed to send in a 10-minute video, but actually when I found the correct instructions it turns out the video is […]

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Trick or Treat – 2023

November 4, 2023

It was time – October 31st – time to trick ‘o’ treat! Chloe turned down the crab hat… She went as a Cheeto! Four teens ready to hit the neighborhood…

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2023 Jack-O-Lanterns

October 21, 2023

Halloween is almost here.Pumpkin carving time!

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Harvest Festival 2023

October 10, 2023

Chloe’s school has a harvest festival every fall, here’s some photos. Chloe volunteered to do face painting. Here she is painting a dinosaur, soon to have a top hat and a tutu. A dino and a fish for her, a ghost for pops! Goats – they might stand on anything! Hiya there. Here’s Shady, the […]

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First Day of 7th Grade (and more)

October 1, 2023

First day of 7th Grade! (how did she get that tall?) What’s this? More bunnies? Since she was leaving the eating program, Chloe crochet’d 15 bunnies to give to her fellow students. Chloe and Dad go for a walk… Dinner! Chicken casserole with cheese biscuits on top. Today: Pizza Schmizza for lunch! RAARRRR!!! And a […]

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Chloe’s First Mondo Croquet

September 16, 2023

Frequent viewers may know that for the past 26 years I’ve been hosting a sport called Mondo Croquet. It’s croquet – only bigger, with bowling balls and sledgehammers! It’s so mighty fun it was voted Best of Portland. You can read more about it and see loads of photos here: http://mondocroquet.com In a pleasant turn of […]

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Washington County Fair, 2023

July 23, 2023

Hello from the Ferris wheel at the Washington County Fair! Chloe, cows, Sophia. Sophia prefers to look serious. Aliens! Check the height… yep, we’re good! Safety bar down, let’s roll! Chloe is a little uncertain about the next ride. “The Zipper” Let’s eat! Sophia enters the duck races. And away they go! And she (and […]

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