Max and the Other Dave

When my dad visited this weekend, Hang Art was having a nice event where artists worked throughout the day, and sold their pieces as they were made. Dad, Max and I headed down there in the afternoon for a couple of hours.

When I arrived, I was excited to see Dave Warnke doodling his usual creatures. I've been a fan of his ever since I saw his stuff at a San Francisco fashion show about 12 years ago. I said hello, he said hello, Max said hello. And then he asked Max if he wanted to sit down and draw.


Excited, Max sat down and he and Dave started trading drawings on address labels... see some of the ones Max got on his art tube:


The sticker Max gave Dave was of a "bad guy" which to me looked more like a sheep. And then for 50 bucks we bought the poster Dave was making, and now it is decorating Max's room:


All in all, a memorable afternoon.

Fastidious Fast Nugget

A few weeks ago, I called Olin "little nugget," which Max thought was really funny. He promptly called himself "fast nugget," I became "strong nugget," Anna became "slow nugget." The guy that drove us to the airport became "windshield nugget." You get the idea. It's been continuous since then.

In the car today, we were laughing about Olin, who was in his seat, food-stained and with his mismatched clothes, smearing his snacks on his face. Max asked why we were laughing, and I said, "well, Max, you're so fastidious, and Olin's just a mess." Max asked what fastidious meant, and I told him. He started laughing.

"I'm fastidious! Daddy's strongstidious, and Olin's walkingstidious... Mommy's laughingstidious.... HAHAHA... Outside its rainingstidious..."

And on and on. And on.

A Love Song

Max handed this to me this morning.

Me: What is it, Max?
Max: A love song.
Me: Who is the person the the left?
Max: Daddy, I said the whole thing is a love song. That's not anybody.

Olin gets some Bling

Olin liked Mommy and Daddy's necklaces from Halloween. Here is proof.

Halloween Indeed

This year we all dressed up. Here is a string of pictures...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Superman and Cow

Superman and Super Grandpa

Superman and his fellow Crimefighter

Family with Orange Shoes

Max got up around 6 this morning, gulped down his cereal, and started to draw. Here is one of his pictures.

The image at the top is the sky, everyone has orange shoes, and Mommy is frowning because she stubbed her toe.

Olin Walks with Tortilla and Toothbrush

So we haven't put together the video yet (coming soon), but here are some pictures of our little Olin walking. Of course, he chooses to take one of his first walks holding a tortilla and a toothbrush.