Babyup!

How about some photos of Halloween time?

Skeleton Dino at the pumpkin patch!

Chloe’s “Buff Ghost”

This year’s haunted cookie house. Check out how Chloe came up with furniture to put in it!

This is my other animated Jack o’ Lantern. The propeller really spins!

Chloe’s inflatable dragon costume had a last-minute technical problem, so she make a snake costume to wear.

The weather was a bit chilly, but wow what a crowd of happy kids we had!

…and just before Halloween, we had a visit from Aunt Mandy and Cousin Kieran!

Hey there – Wings and Waves Waterpark in McMinville is having a Jack o’ Lantern contest. The best aviation-themed pumpkin wins 4 three-month passes to the waterpark.

So, I made one.

Wouldn’t you like to help us take Chloe and friends swimming at a great place? A single pass for one day is $30 clams, so winning four three-month passes is something of a big deal.

Take a look at our entry:

Here’s where to vote: https://m.shortstack.page/Jqc2Fz

We need your help! The contest allows you to vote once per day, and that’s how we can win this thing! Put it on your calendar and help us put this girl in the water!

Off to school!

Chloe is learning to cook!

Grama Diane Came to Visit!

Chloe here is teaching Grama how to use her phone…

Hey, guess what? It’s going to be nearly 100 crazy degrees of F in the valley, so let’s go to the beach!

and here we are at Hug Point

So, what happens if you collect a bag of shells and crab parts on the beach?
Well, create a Secret Crab Burial Ground, of course!
There’s also a pink plastic teapot we found,
which is the kind of thing that all Secret Critter Burial Grounds are not complete without.

Then we found this Alien burial mound, probably created by energetic teens with shovels.

A great day. Time to head home…

It’s Second Birthday time, with presents!

Pokémon cards!

New pyjamas!

What’s the first thing you do with a new hammock? Put it on your head!

Big pool!

…and now it’s time to take Theo Bunny for a walk…

This is going to take some practice.

Blobfish!

Lisa got two small inflatable kayaks, so I got a canoe, and the other day we took Chloe and her friend River to Hagg Lake.

It was an idyllic day. Sunny, warm, mild breezes. Even a picnic table in the shade.

The first thing the kids wanted to do was hop on the lobster floaty and paddle around!

These crazy young things swam all the way across the inlet, twice!

Spiders and bugs in the water are scary, however, a dead fish is pretty cool!

The kids took the kayaks right away.

They named the fish “Jimmy” and gave him a burial on the beach.

Just a nice average day in McMinville…

Bunny!

Big, cool playground!

Cool muddy stream!

We picked a whole bunch of cherries from the tree in the backyard!

Cheeseburgers for dinner…

Because you need a bunny photo.