Maxine is funny, smart, talented, sociable, and very much a teenager.
Maxine likes her penguin costume.
"Yes, you've reached a penguin."
"Maxine's recurring theme: glasses, phone, merry go 'round."
Maxine is 15
September 1st, 2009Arthur turns 11
November 25th, 2008Today is Arthur’s 11th birthday. In celebration, we will spend this next week staying at home and cooking turkeys. Unfortunately for him, he still had to go in to school today.
Arthur likes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, and he is working his way through Harry Potter. His favorite movies are the Back To The Future trio, and his favorite actor is Michael J. Fox. Arthur started fifth grade at a new school this year and has already proven himself popular and made lots of friends.
Below is a gallery of pictures from the past year, many of them taken by Arthur himself while fooling around with his Dad’s laptop.
Maxine making friends
August 1st, 2008Maxine around camp with her new friends.
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- Can you spot Maxine?
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- Drawing with water?
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- Maxine texts on her invisible cellphone
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- The cool one
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- Wait, is she actually … smiling?!?
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- La la la la la la la la la la
Marina and Friends at Carowinds
August 1st, 2008Marina and her new camp friends spent a day at Carowinds amusement park.
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- Squidward Girls
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- Babushkas
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- Marina on left
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- Somebody is saying something scandalous
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- Roller Girls
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- Stuffed!
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- It’s hot!
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- Marina got some sun
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- Spongebob, are those real?
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- Flashing gang signs with the Sponge-man
“Depressingly Cheery”
July 22nd, 2008The girls are still at camp, and I am still scouring the camp website for pictorial evidence that they are healthy and well. I found several pictures with Marina, but only one with Maxine. We did get letters from both now, which is nice, although Maxy wrote about how “depressingly cheery” everyone is. That seems pretty clear in her picture.
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- Marina and unknown friend
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- Marina on the right, clowns to the left
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- Marina brings up the caboose
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- Maxine (on the left) and the “depressingly cheery” crowd
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- Marina is messy and happy!
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- Marina toasting her hands
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- “I’m filthy, y’all…”
Making Friends
July 21st, 2008It has been a week since I’ve seen either of my girls, and it’s strange to troll the camp website, looking for evidence that they are healthy and well. We got our first letter from Marina over the weekend, and she writes that she is having a great time, and it seems from these pictures that they are making friends.
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- Marina (on the left) and two friends
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- Marina (on the left) with friends and … a cake?
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- Maxine on the left (“What Da Duck?”)
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- Marina (on the left) and cabinmates
Bowling Girls
July 18th, 2008The girls are away to summer camp for three whole weeks, and the house is eerily silent. It is strange to not be able to even talk to them. We’ve written a couple of letters, but have yet to receive anything back. (To be fair, it’s only been four days). Therefore, it was very nice to find these two pictures of them on the camp website, bowling with friends and having a good time. And alive!
Family Photos
July 3rd, 2008Sharon and the kids surprised me for Father’s Day with this gallery of pictures taken by a local photographer Jen Fariello
Click on any thumbnail to go to the full gallery. The gallery shows three at a time. Click on the smaller ones to go to the next page, or click on the larger one for a full view.
Christmas of 1964
February 24th, 2008Jumping ahead to the next Christmas, 1964.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1358821086018670103(If you have trouble viewing this clip, please visit Google Video for more options.)
1964 Spring Carnival
February 23rd, 2008An outdoor carnival, somewhere in the Bay Area, sometime in Spring.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=500423440445502368(If you have trouble viewing the above clip, please visit Google Video for more options.)
