Clark on Buzzlightyear April 2011

Clutch Powers and The Penguin Pirates

Captain Penguin hobbled on his peg leg over to Clutch Powers.

“Clutch,” he said. “Prince Veron is in trouble! Our penguin spies have learned that the evil wizard plans to kidnap him... and take over his kingdom.”

“How can I help, Captain?” asked Clutch.

“My crew has located the wizards secret base on an island not far from here... our ship can take you there,” explained the penguin captain.

So Clutch Powers went down to the docs and boarded the penguin ship. On the flag was a penguin skull over two fish bones crossing. They were pirate penguins... but they always helped the good guys.

When the ship got to the secret island, Clutch took a row boat to shore. He hid his boat in the jungle by the beach and then sneaked into the jungle.

Soon he was spotted by a skeleton trooper on patrol. The skeleton said, “stop right there - this is the evil wizard’s island and you’re trespassing. Drop your weapons and come with me or I’ll attack you with my sword!”

But Clutch powers just looked at the skeleton and used the laser lights on his head to blast the skeleton. The skeleton blew apart into lego pieces that bounced into the jungle bushes.

“Phew,” said Clutch. “That was a close one. Good thing there was only one skeleton on that patrol.”

Just then, Clutch saw three more skeletons come around a bend in the trail.

“Hey you, stop right there!” said one of the skeletons.

Clutch turned to blast them, but then he saw a whole skeleton army coming around the corner.

“Uh oh!” he said. “There’s too many of them. What will I do?”

He decided to run for it... but when he turned around he saw another army coming up the hill through the jungle from the beach. It was the penguins!

The penguins joined Clutch and attacked the skeleton army. The penguins used their plastic swords to chop at the skeletons. The penguins had shields to protect them from the skeleton swords, and the penguins used their own swords to knock away the skeleton shields. Then they could knock away the skeleton swords, and finally... chop the skeletons into lego bricks. Soon, the jungle was full of black and white lego pieces. The penguins and Clutch Powers had defeated the skeleton army.

They finally turned the corner in the path together. Clutch led the way, with the entire penguin army behind him. When they turned the corner they saw another penguin. Captain Penguin was suddenly afraid.

“That’s Dr. Evil Penguin,” he said.

“That’s right,” said Dr. Evil Penguin. “Except I’m not really evil... I’m the penguin spy that told you about the evil wizard’s plan. And... I know where you can find his secret cave. Follow me.”

“Let’s go,” Clutch said.

When they got to the secret cave that Dr. Evil Penguin led them to, they could see flashes of light coming from inside. The evil wizard stepped out and started zapping penguins with bolts of dark magic from his staff.

The penguins, even Dr. Evil Penguin and Captain Penguin, started panicing and running in circles. Only Clutch Powers remained calm.

He fired his head laser lights at the evil wizard’s staff. It was deactivated! Now the penguin army surrounded the evil wizard... and he surrendered.

The penguins took the evil wizard back to their ship and put him in the brig. They sailed back to Prince Veron’s kingdom where they threw a big party for Clutch Powers, Captain Penguin, and Dr. Evil Penguin... and they put the evil wizard into the dungeon, where he couldn’t hurt anyone anymore.

By: Clark and Mark Wagner

Hide and Seek

Finny scoots!

I'm two!

How old am I, you ask? (Everybody does.) I'm two! Just look at the book Mommy made about my party at Build a Bear... we even had cake after!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Baby Finn Was Born!

I'm a big brother now! Yesterday Grandma and Grandpa took me to the hospital (where the doctors are fixing Mommy) and I got to see Baby Finn! He's a real baby... and I love him. Here's a picture of my brother:

Click on the picture to see an album of "best of" photos Daddy took. Can you find the one of me kissing my brother?

Baseball Practice

Click on the picture to see little "you" (I mean "me"... boy, pronouns are hard!) running around the diamond.

What A Difference A Year Makes

I got to go to the pumpkin patch again! And this time I could pick up BIG pumpkins, run around (and spin), and play the games, and even pet the animals! Look how much bigger I am than last year...

You can see lots more pictures from this year's trip in Daddy's Pumpkin Patch 2009 Flickr set. Check me out! I sign "scared" and then "hug" the goats anyway!

And if you want to see more of me, check out Daddy's "not-quite-365" daily photoset... and Daddy's "not-quite-52" weekly video playlist. See me on hikes, at Disneyland, and at the beach - and watch me sing, sign, and talk. This is entertainment!

Oh, if you want to see the "Where is Baby Clark's Pumpkin" book from last year, check out this old post: Check Out My New Book

Blue Horse, Blue Horse...

...what do you see? I see a boy as strong as can be! :)

Playdoh!

I love me some playdoh. I like to sign play and then sprinkle my fingers for dough. then I sign ball,then roll, then squish. I squish my ball onto a mold then peel it off and it makes an animal. and I like to shout the colors:boo, yeahyo, ed, een!

Here I am in action:

Baby Brother

When Mama and Dada asked if the baby was a boy or girl I just signed baby. They kept asking me, so I signed girl. Now they know I can't predict the future cause Mama says it's a boy. She was a little disappointed she wouldn't get to buy girl stuff, but she will just have to buy it for herself - besides boy toys are way better. :)

UPDATE 08/08/09: Here are some more pictures of my baby brother! Also, you can vote on what Mama and Dada should name him - just click on the poll to the right.

Hot Day

Mama and I enjoyed an ice cream out back while we watched the june bugs buzzing by.

Waiting for Tomatoes

I helped Mama inspect all the tomatoes today. One had turned orange and I was very fascinated by this. She said I had to wait 'til it was red so I sat down and signed wait. well I waited like 30 seconds but nothing happened so I pretended to eat them. Yum yum!

UPDATE 08/08/09: I got to eat a red tomato - I got to pick it, and it tasted yummy! Now I want to pick all the tomatoes but Mama and Dada don't like that. :(

Making Music

Gigi got me an electronic keyboard (with a micrphone) for my birthday, but Mommom and Dada saved it for me until yesterday... and I love it! I can push the fast button or the slow button while I'm listening - or I can make my own music with my fingers. Best of all, I can sing with the microhphone in my mouth! But why did Dada call me "Eva" - who's that?

Down Our Street

When mommom & I came home the other day, we saw a momma duck and her 9 baby ducks crossing the street. I wanted to give them bread but we didn't have any so they waddled away.:( Come back ducks!

Playdate

Ben invited Henry and me for a wagon ride to see his neighbors... some goats. :)

Smell or Taste?

Eating at The Food Court at Stones Town

Shadows @ The Pier

Cable Car