Final Pee Wee of the Year!

Pedro as Rip Van Winkle

The Latest PW

New Pedro Game on the Way

Burro v/s Machine

If you just feel like getting a head-start on your Halloween paramecium costume for next year you can get complete instructions at the Projects section of Make.com. We decided to throw our hat in the ring for Make's 2011 Halloween Contest. Here's hoping!

Had some fun last night showing the boys in our den some of the fun things you can do with photo editing software such at Photoshop. From making freaky old time photos to turning yourself into Jack Nickleson.

A Little Germ Warfare Last Night!

First Pee Wee Harris for 2012

Here Come Da Crypto!

Cryptosporiduim, that is. A very long word that seems to grow longer when you are sewing it on a costume! Don't invite her over for your next pool party.

Good Evening Ladies and Germs...

Well, it's that time of the year when we fire up the glue guns and try to remember how the sewing machine works. This year the kids have expressed a desire to be germs for Halloween and here's the run-down. The youngest will be a Paramecium (pictured), next up will be an ameba and finally the oldest will don the diarrhea inducing apparel of the dreaded, Cryptosporidium, the scourge of late summer that closed the pools early. What could be scarier?

The food vacuole is left open at the gullet for her stash of treats.

Finally, Color!

On with the linework!

Got approval and moved on to creating the linework in Illustrator. Some of you will notice the scissors.

Pedro Spot - Round Two

Needed to have a quicker read on the letter writing aspect of the illustration. So here's round two on the spot.

A New Pedro Spot

Got another Pedro spot to do for Boys' Life's Hitching Post section. Thought I'd bring you along for the ride and post the rough sketch as I wait for approval/changes/suggestions...

December's PW

Black Ops Team

Illustration for an article on trained sea lions and dolphins performing "depth" defying feats!

Hitching Post Spot: Pedro In Ice

A Spot for New Game: Pee Wee's Nightmare

Pee Wee for November!

Who says Dinos can't live in the snow?

The Latest PW for October

And Yet Another...

Another Pedro Spot

Pedro Spot

Allegro Fall Concert

Those Allegro Singers are at it again. This time Ilene is a full Brio singer! Very exciting!

Ode to Pie

I think that I shall never spy

A poem as lovely as a pie.

A pie who owed it's very life

To loving chefs, a man and wife.

A tasty pie both wide and deep

with a slice that would make a surgeon weep.

A pie with a crust to tempt the gods

with a filling inspired by Sweeney Todd.

Poems are written by fools such as I

But only the Johnsons can make a pie

(this good!)

One Milkshake to Rule Them All

Oh, wait, that's the wrong movie.

Pee Wee for September 2011

Gross!

These guys showed up on my son's shirt in the Disney photos below so I thought I'd post a better look. This was a character I came up with many years ago and had the opportunity to revisit him recently.

Thanks Walt!

We had a great time at your place!

See ya real soon!

Some Mother's Day Hijinx

I'm available for birthdays and bar mitzvahs.

Pee Wee for August

My First Ornament

This was my first ornament sculpted on rotation to Keepsakes. I just received a sample and it actually works! It's an exclusive gift when you join the Keepsake's Collectors Club and won't be on the shelves.

Super Dave

Ran across this old pic of my son. Ripped and obviously, seriously against evil he looks ready to fight for the American way.

Some After Shots of The Kid's Bathroom

Here are a few shots of the kid's bathroom after much stripping, scraping, sanding, coughing, painting and praying. The only thing left is the tile floor which we decided to have professionally installed. Just a hint if you are planning on having a tile floor installed from The Home Depot. The job title, "Flooring Expeditor" isn't very accurate. We did, however, deal with a totally awesome Flooring Specialist named DJ at the store at 95th and Metcalf. Very helpful and actually did, in fact, expedite things very nicely. Kind of wish he also was the Tile Installer because that has yet to be done.

The Longboard

The current issue of Make Magazine has a nice little tutorial on making your own, simple longboard. At 8" by 4' it's a smooth, easy ride. I ordered the wheels and trucks from Amazon and didn't notice I bought the "Bigfoot" brand which are about twice the size of regular wheels. Because of the wheel size the board looks like a regular skateboard enlarged on the Xerox about 150%! I threw my daughter in there for scale. Anyway, the polyurethane is now dry and the weather is fine. I imagine once school's done there will be surfing in the streets!

July PW is in the can...

Spot for the Next Hitching Post with Pedro

Spot for the Next Hitching Post with Pedro

Pee Wee for June 2011

Pee Wee for May 2011