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 […]
So, Chloe used some of her Christmas money to buy one of them new-fangled Oculus Virtual Reality game systems. Here’s what you see while Choe’s playing a game: Here’s what Chloe is seeing inside the game: Here’s Chloe and a friend playing away…
It was a merry Christmas! Chloe made a present for me: it’s a cigar / space ship with a little green alien Two of Chloe’s favorite presents And then it snowed! A good 5-6 inches! Meanwhile… up in Puyallup… Sweets Kitty in her bunny ears Chloe’s “tree” that she made for Lisa’s present …and just […]
Chloe is very excited for Christmas! Here’s Chloe working on our gingerbread house. Chloe made a bunch of things for her school’s winter market fundraiser. This reminded me of how I made “frustration pencils” for sale when I was in 5th grade. So I bought the parts and we made some for Chloe’s school. Here’s […]