marshmellow geometery

Max made this at the after school program - far and away the mostly orderly and geometric structure made.

pumpkins

Off to the pumpkin patch. We want the biggest pumpkins we can carry... which it turns out are pretty big.

But we can't resist the baby pumpkins!

Somebody doesn't want to stick her hands into the muck...

somebody else does.

Mom's finished pumpkin...

Max's pumpkin muck buddy...

Ave's finished pumpkin...

Max's still unfinshed 2 days later pumpkin. :)

robotics class

swim buddy

haven't a clue, but Max really liked this... swim buddy.

A view into the future

Granted, when this happens for real, she'll be able to see over the wheel, but OY!

This is from the weekend before school started up, and Max was at a friend's. So Ave and I did 'girl stiff.' Like getting done up at the makeup counter at Macy's.

And the outfit - a preview of halloween. We got her a fair maiden outfit at the rensesance festival this summer, with the understanding that it would be her halloween costume as well as a great prize for that day.

dancin' feet

crazy sock / sock hop at summer camp a few weeks ago - Max asked me to make him some calvin and hobbes socks. pretty good, considering the medium...

duck world

went to duck world (more commonly known as Bass Pro Shops) for absolutely no reason other than to get out of the house. They were having a 'special' weekend, with various events and displays not normally there. One of which was a photo shoot. The kids stood in front of the generic nature background, and poof they layered it up with digital stuff to make it look like a magazine cover. I think it is quite funny that the 'monster buck' that Max supposedly scored is alive and well. Silly, but free, so what the heck. The kids also got to try their hand at shooting compound bows and shooting paint ball guns.

That duck world - it's just a hootenanny!