Author Archives: Michelle P

He thinks my old college iPod is a phone.  He stopped on our walk to check his phone and take a call, then put his phone in his back pocket.  Clearly I work too much! …and I think that pretty much catches the blog up for the last month.  We are in a season ofContinue reading

We love exploring after the rain!  I know I’m biased, but could he BE any cuter??

Scenes around our neighborhood.

The view from our front porch.  Max’s collection of “pluggers” keeps growing.  He has now assumed ownership of an additional power strip.  Our neighbors and friends at the playground always look to see what “interesting” new thing Max has.  He carries these around in his backpack everywhere.  He plugs them in all over his room in aContinue reading

And we found the roller slide!  The blue and yellow paddles are actually seats they sell around here just for roller slides.  Max loves them, but decided this one was just a little too fast.  Later, he asked if we could find a slow roller slide, haha!  He spent the rest of the afternoon climbingContinue reading

Cherry blossoms and a battle site.  We were looking for a roller slide, but no luck here.  Max was disappointed, so we continued our search after a few pictures.  The top photo is the view from a lookout point.  The large white hotel in the distance right next to the coast is about a mileContinue reading

Max took the job of making Valentines for his classmates very seriously.  Always meticulous, heart stickers demanded a high level of attention to detail.  He enjoyed making different patterns with the stickers.  

We vacuum on Saturdays.  Max came into our room yesterday at 6:45 saying “wake up!  It’s day time!  It’s Saturday, so we vacuum today!”  I fully expect this enthusiasm for Saturday chores to last…

Exploring.