Getting ready for the Big Belt Test!

He really want to do it, too ...

It's a hot, hot day in Portland and Blaize is in the pool, trying to pull down the apple tree with a rope. You know, like you do ...

Mommy Allison got to meet Al Franken for Think Out Loud!

Also he mentioned me in the conversation we recorded which will be on the air on Friday. I had told him backstage (when I talked to him before the show in his dressing room for 5 minutes) about how I liked his bill about letting foster kids stay in their school when they change foster families - I said it would be a good solutions journalism story. He didn't get my name right (even saying "it "wasn't important") when Dave prompted him and he didn't get "solutions journalism" (he called it "thoughtful journalism") but I counted it as a victory... 😁

Happy Father's day! Pics from of Happiness in progress ...

Have we been reading too much ch Harry Potter? You tell me ...

She's singing "JK Rowling" is rolling on the hula hoop ...

Behold! Beautiful, Bold and Brainy

Blaiziken on monkey bars ...

Sunny Memorial Day ...

Wedding suit for Blaizo!!

This Mom is having a great Mother's Day ...

Martial artists practicing their art

Later that day ... Indoor camping!!

Blaize, Francesca and her two friends Sigga and Rava at a playdate ...

that began at the OPB annual Open House! (prizes, ice cream, you know, the usual!) Frowny faces are purely for annoying the photographer who says, "smile!"