Did you know there was a New Burg in Oregon called Newburg?

We spent the evening tailgate party clowning. I made balloons and was funny for college kids, kid kids and parent kids. I love how you can be the boss of the school or a football player or the janitor everyone has to wait the same amount of time for the clowns. We are like the bathroom, if you cut in line a tribe will form to address it. lol Olive got to witness a "privilege battle" between two Moms who insisted their kid was first for Olive's facepainting. I couldn't enjoy the popcorn moment because I was busy scrutinizing the bubbles in my blueberry coconut bubble tea with watermelon pellets. It tasted the BOMB-diggitty-bay but I just can't get over hummingbird food that is colored like antifreeze. I'm suspicious.

Then the game started and all of a sudden everyone was gone. I just assumed the rapture happened and carried on enjoying the bubble tea. Olive stayed a long time painting three kids who were older, loving sisters, and artists., Olive gave them all the bells and whistles because that is exactly what she is,

Derby night!

  We were gifted a couple of VIP tickets and decided to take the whole crew. We had a blast. The only part we didn't like was seeing players we know and care about hurt. It was really exciting. 

It was funny watching our son have no idea what he was looking at. Our daughter had done some kid's roller derby and was able to clue him in. 

We did an experiment. We got permission to go out at half time and give out hundreds of balloons in the home-team's colors (The wreckers are teal, silver and black). We didn't know if we could even get that many balloons out in that short time or how well it would go over. 

At first it was great. The crowds loved us and everyone wanted a balloon to wave around. Some of the players were down too but in the end it was not so good a result because the players reported that it was distracting when all those balloons began popping. It's cool. We wouldn't know where to plug in if we never try. I enjoyed the food, the VIP seats and the free drinks. Seeing Olive tipsy and screaming for her favorite players was a riot. Thanks for the opportunity Annie Bosworth Foley Everyone was really nice to us and the family had a swell time.

Getting balloons.

Kid:"fuk", Parent:"It's truck, tell O&D you want a truck balloon.

Kid:"fuk", Parent:"It's truck, tell O&D you want a truck balloon.", 
K:"fuk" 
P:" it's truck!"
 k:"fuk pees" 
p:" say truck, it's a truck, cmon, use your words."
 k:"fuk, fuk, fuk, FUK!(now crying) FUUUUUUK!" 
Cafe denizens are starting to look up from laptops. 
(exasperated) P:" (to Olive) please, my son would like a truckin fuk please." I
t's a riot hearing kids get language together. 
What they are saying and what we hear are very different. 
Our favorite is when a kid asked for a "Taco Doctor". 
He was asking for a helicopter. 
We all cried a little inside when he outgrew that phrase.

Olive made someone a Bernie today. Now she included a birdee on his shoulder.

manifesting the dream we want to live.

Fear of success is for those who don't believe in themselves... I'm more of a Viking. Victory Favors the BOLD! My Mom used to say "If you can conceive it, Then you can achieve it!" That taught me a powerful lesson..."If concepts rhyme then they must be true". Get out there and make your dream a reality!

We spend most days surrounded by children.

Finding crowds and entertaining them using a tool box full of tricks, delights and jokes gathered over many years. Olive is new to the game but from the gate she was a "Natural". Now (two years in) she is a clever entertainment professional.

Do you think this band knows and Lee Greenwood songs about God and Country? You bet they do.

See olive? I do...i can close the gap in seconds if i need to.

We did manage to get a "Wheres Waldo?" moment.see him?


for some reason the drinking fountains downtown were set really high and they were full of chlorine yuck!


Did someone put a panty on the Hawthorne Bridge?

Pretty!



Who in the world would pay someone to cram a 16 penny nail in his head???That Idea sounds CRAZY!

The man who made this would.



Yesterday this guy came over to my house. This is Curtis he came all the way from Vancouver WA. to trade me a Bed of Nails for a Rubber Chicken Painting. The B.O.N. was so well crafted and thought out I also gave him another big detailed Chicken drawing Called "Summer Olympics".I am so happy about that parlay.

It's hard to make me laugh...I'm in funny business so I hear them all.. but Curtis is really funny. This bright, local juggling entertainer had me cracking up! Look what side of the fence he is on and where we are. On his side the man is getting payed and all the crowd needs to do is apreciate him. On our side of the fence we have to call a crowd, entertain them and then somehow convince them to pay us. Good work on a fine career C.C. And I LOVE his two hot assistants!

We did lots of clowning but since it's just the two of us there are only before and after pics.


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