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found: car keys are useless with candy machines

February 2, 2011

no country for old groceries

February 1, 2011

this is sparklet “helping” me unpack the groceries from Peapod — only the part you’d see in a movie trailer, directed by Quentin Tarantino.

toddler party

February 1, 2011

i seriously have no clue who any of these people are — except the redhead. him i recognize. i wonder if they all go clubbing together, too?

photo of the month: january

January 31, 2011

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camera dump: january

“hey, can you teach me how to fleece a bag, too?”

January 30, 2011

treatment

January 28, 2011

today was treatment no. 2 for sparklet’s port wine stain — and this one not only seems to have taken hold a bit better, but was a bit less traumatic to boot.

of course, we get another two weeks of people looking at us like we beat our children, but it’s a small price to pay for dermatological happiness.

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horsing around

boxes, part two

January 27, 2011

we’re up to fifty-two boxes packed now — which is pretty impressive considering i had the flu for four days over last weekend and the lady sparkler just got back from three days in san francisco.

well, if anybody had any doubts — it looks like we’re really putting our place on the market.

more

January 27, 2011

baby sparklet still isn’t speaking, but she’s starting to get the idea of sign-language.

we started teaching her after aunt holly made the suggestion over christmas. so far she’s got “more”, “all done” and “juice” — that’s “more” in the photo as she’s looking for mommy to toss her upside down again.

we are also just about ready to call sparklet’s second word: she barks something that approximates “up” whenever she’s wants you to bend over and pick her up.

she’s nothing if not monosyllabic.

out: take your daddy to work day

January 27, 2011

photo of the week // fifteen months

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take your daddy to work day

walking home

January 25, 2011

sparklet insisted on walking home, tonight — and she made it all four blocks from the car back to the apartment. my back and i have never been so proud.