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hamantashen

February 16, 2013

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
hamantashen

photo albums

February 14, 2013

after about six years of stalling, i finally pulled together honest-to-God print photo albums for 2007 through 2012. i can’t post the albums, but here are the photos that went into them:


2012	2011

2010	2009

2008	2007

2006	2005

firsts: walking with a walker

February 13, 2013

httpv://youtu.be/Zm5K7pr8868

kitchen

February 12, 2013

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
kitchen

sparklet’s oscars

February 11, 2013

in honor of the academy awards, sparklet has pulled together her lifetime nods for the three most important categories:

Best Animated Feature

tangled
winnie the pooh
alice in wonderland
anastasia
rio
the jungle book

Best Musical

annie
chitty, chitty, bang, bang
mary poppins
the muppets
the muppet movie

Best Original Song

“bare necessities” from the jungle book
“chitty, chitty, bang, bang” from chitty, chitty, bang, bang
“life’s a happy song” from the muppets
“i’ve got a dream” from tangled
“i wan’na be like you” from the jungle book

i won’t bother to announce the winners, because we’d be redistributing trophies, back and forth just about every day for the rest of our lives.

video: Air Hockey

February 9, 2013

httpv://youtu.be/yUH4HFvlS28

f-14 sky striker

February 9, 2013

my favorite toy as a kid was g.i. joe F-14 “sky striker” — a plane that i, literally, loved to pieces.

just on a whim, i ebay’ed “sky striker” about two weeks ago, and found out not only are they for sale, but hasbro has re-released the sky striker on it’s 30th anniversary. it’s on sale at amazon for $34.

so, now, The Mighty Quinn is the proud owner of a sky striker, though he’s going to have to fight with daddy for the right to take it down off the ceiling and play with it.