Madd Max Has A Holiday Scavenger Hunt

For Kender Koffee.

The teams were the Pet People and the Penguin Amigos.

Final point gathering - spell out a word that will bring joy to the other players in the game.

The Pet People also spelled LOVE.

Madd Max Visits Descanso Gardens

Lunch at La Bamba - good convo was had at both tables.

Kids in the Japanese gardens.

Husbands in the Hope Garden.

Looks like friendship.

Is actually this new-use-for-masks game.

Kids by a pond.

Cute.

Adults in the gardens.

And an evening rounded out with Sam's pizza and Kearsley's learning of the pizza oven skillz.

Madd Max Has A Happy Thanksgiving

Part of the Thanksgiving crew.

Thanksgiving Day parade watching.

Maddie helped make the green bean casserole (and the creamed spinach, cranberry sauce and apps).

Dapper kids.

The Williams traditional Pringles and Squeeze Cheese.

Happy kids.

The Leonhardts know how to do this day right.

After dinner and before dessert, the traditional walk about.

There's a lot to be thankful for this year.

Madd Max Gets Santa Fe Visitors

The Higgins-Vaziri clan flew in from their new abode.  Everyone was thrilled to see them.

Madd Max Has Professional Photos

Maddie - 8th grade.

Max 7th grade.  Sam loves this photo because it makes him think of the below:

The kids also got their passports renewed.  This was the photo Sam and Jess brought in for Maddie.  It was too close.

This is the photo that the City of Burbank took that will be in her passport.  Drew commented that he believed she had beaten him up last weekend.  Jess adores this photo.

The Scrapper Has A Mask Tan

The kid does a good job out in the wild.

Madd Max Has A Game Night

In person. It's been a long time.

The Scrapper Has A Taisie Tuesday

His first time in a very empty movie theater in 2 years.

The Scrapper Makes Challah

He cooked it in Culinary Arts, and was so pleased with the outcome (and his parents' reaction to tasting it) that he made 2 fresh loaves.  An entire loaf was gone by the end of the first day.

Madd Max Says Goodbye For Now

To this handsome kiddo.

Madd Max Feels Happy

While enjoying the smells of Mimi's cooking.

Madd Max Heads To Universal

Misty.

Entry into Harry Potter world.

This was Mimi and Maddie's favorite ride.

Mimi had wanted to take Aiden on a Studio Tour.

Now, that's a studio tour.

Same age, same size?

Madd Max Does Burbank Things

Catch in the kiddie section of the park.

When boredom hits on the swings.

Meanwhile, Maddie practiced her skateboarding.

Next, biking down the Chandler bike path.

End goal - Sliders ice cream.

And finally, dessert with Seb and Liana.

Madd Max Gets Spoiled

A Mimi breakfast.

An Aiden plan.

Fun with a cuz.

Just chillin' and sword fightin'.

The Scrapper Would Control Time

If Max could have any power, it would be to control time; reasons listed above.

Madd Max Gets A Cousin

In preparation for Aiden's first solo (with Mimi) visit, Max made some homemade pasta.

Aiden!!  Yay!!