It’s almost Halloween, and that means pumpkins! First off, the Leaf Eraser Gun cleans up the front yard. Sugar skull! Carve, carve, carve! Steve’s on the left, Lisa’s on the right. Chloe’s two pumpkins. The one on the left is “The Scariest Thing Ever: Duck With A Knife!” and the one on the right is […]
On the side of Mt. Saint Helens, you know, the volcano you may remember from 1980? It’s right up the street, more or less, from Portland. Volcanoes throw out lava, which makes lava tubes, which result in fun caves to explore. Chloe’s 6th grade class just had an overnight camping trip to explore this very […]
Here she is! Off to the first day of 6th Grade! Here Chloe made dinner for us. That’s German Schnitzel, in this case chicken breasts pounded flat and breaded with gravy. Plus steamed broccoli.
At the very tail end of summer vacation, we managed to squeeze a quick camping trip out to the KOA outside of Astoria, right across the road from Ft. Stevens State Park. So many things didn’t go as planned, we lived a comedy of errors. Here we are trying to put up my big tent: […]
I recently got to spend two full days with Chloe. Let’s check out some photos, shall we? Here’s Chloe making dinner for us: This bit of craziness is a draft of the artwork Chloe provided for the flag her group at camp made. Pretty funny, eh? What the heck, is this? It’s a little helicopter […]
How to hold a birthday. Step one: the kid party. Head to your local outlet of the Birthday Industrial Complex. Unleash the children on the games. Step 2: Win lots of tickets. Daddio managed to shoot the jellyfish in the spearfishing game and scored 500 tickets for Chloe in one shot! Step 3: Pizza! Step […]
Chloe has a new YouTube channel for her animation creations. For some she’s using largely clip art, like this one: Here we have a 17 second long example of how she’s using a combination of her own art, clip art and sampled audio. Pretty neat! This is about two minutes long and is about the […]
Catching up with a sample of the art Chloe’s been working on the last few months… We are working on some neat “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) kits provided from the library. This one is a light-up bug that uses a battery and an LED as a learning experience about electricity. …and I’ve taught Chloe […]
Ok, we were so busy I only got two Easter photos…
Hey, guess what? This year for my birthday I took Chloe to Wings and Waves, the big water park just outside of McMinnville. Outside of swim class in high school, I don’t think I’ve ever been in the water in January before. Here we are above the wave pool. In addition to the wave pool […]