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 too many.
And they sure are good!
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.
And another victory walk home.
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 produced a very good sledding field around the corner and it stuck around a second day! So we went back for more!
Belly flop!
Victory!
And here Chloe gets covered in snow…
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.
When 13-yr-olds take their holiday gift cards shopping…
These boots are made for… ?
And below Chloe models her new baggie pants, stomp-y boots and T-shirt.
Time for some Vietnamese food at (yes, this is the name) Pho King Good.
Back at home Chloe and Dad teach themselves how to make fresh bread from scratch. Yum!
Chloe’s first visit to The Japanese Gardens.
Followed by train sushi, a great way to snack.
Snugglebunnies
Here Chloe and I collaborate on a comic called “Duck & Friend”.
I started by drawing the panels and the duck, Chloe added his friend.
Time for our traditional Pennsylvania Dutch New Year’s meal of Pork and Kraut!
All home-made! I even made hot bacon dressing from scratch!
Yes, it was delicious, and happy birthday to me!
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…
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
