Babyup!

Chloe, Bailey and I went out for some fun the other day.  It’s spring in Portland, which means… BABY BIRDS!!

Here Bailey gets a goose to eat out of her hand.

Holy cow, we saw an Eagle!

Here’s some goslings for you. The baby wood ducks were incredibly adorable, but I didn’t get a good photo of them.

Chloe really enjoyed the pipe cleaner unicorn Gramma Diane made for her…

…and the kitty! Look at her big smile!

Check out this redwood they cut down from the front yard of a home across the street from the park.

A real giant!  The sign says the wood will be used for improvements in the park.

Here we are at a friend’s birthday party.

Then we’re at the park.

Someone’s being silly!

Holy cow, another birthday party!

We call this place, THE REALLY FUN PARK.

Dad’s personal fav photo right here.

Chloe measures herself by how much better she gets at climbing these things.

Alley Oop!

Watusi!

Here we are racing around Salmon Street Fountain.

Chloe tries on the the next hot look for those who dig through junk store stuff!

Hey, guess what? We renewed our membership at the Zoo! Here’s some things we saw:

I loaned Chloe out to some old white-haired guy to take her up to play in the snow on Mt. Hood.

She’s still pretty timid on the sledding. May be a few more years before the snowboarding lessons.

Christmas 2017

UNICORN!!!

Grama Diane’s painted star!

Santa was here!

The night before, Chloe found some plastic bags and decided to make her own shorts and shirt.

Chloe gets a Unicorn to ride on at Lisa’s place

Santa brought Steve a Jamón!

Daddio has a buddy

Daddio has a short-term holiday job at UPS that required me to shave the face.
I left the mustache at first.  Maybe you can’t see it, but reminds me of
photos of Pop-Pop when he was in his 20’s.

Chloe says “Hello!”

Chloe and her undersea castle

Here we are starting to decorate the tree

Lost a tooth!

Thanksgiving 2017. Chloe and I get on the Amtrak to journey in comfort and convenience to Tacoma to relax with Joyce’s side of the family.

Pony and knitting.

Things you can’t do when riding in a car: headstands, not wearing your seatbelts, jumping in the aisles, getting a cookie in the snack bar…

Adaline is about a year and a half old. Chasing Chloe is her new toddler olympic sport!

Here’s a rare moment where they weren’t in motion.

“Hey everyone! We’re going to do a group photo! Sit still!”

Here’s all the players, roll credits…

What’s that in the garage? Yes, Jonathan *is* building a dinosaur!

I’ve been bad at taking and posting photos the last umpteen weeks.  Sorry, been distracted.

Here’s Chloe and Bailey making cut-out cookies with me this week:

The screwed-up decorations are mine, made with my big fat man fingers.  The precise and finely detailed cookie decorations are all Chloe.