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“mommy — this would go better if my shoes weren’t on backwards.”

October 3, 2010
national zoo

October 3, 2010

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national zoo, washington, dc
hank’s oyster bar

October 2, 2010

photo of the week // week fifty-one

it wasn’t ten minutes into our dinner tonight at hank’s oyster bar that i noticed — sparklet was tonight’s reminder to all the couples in the room to use birth control.

we’re pretty sure she’s getting sick (head cold), she’s teething out of her skull (we’re up to 8 teeth now, at least that we can see), she’s not sleeping (see first two) and now that she’s walking regularly, she’s just not finding the sweet confines of a high chair quite as alluring.

i did the first (of what i’m sure will be many) evacuation of a restaurant so others could eat in peace — which is more than fine, as i’m always the first one done eating.

we decided to play in traffic (and with strange dogs) instead.

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hank’s oyster bar, washington, dc
guestbook: auntie jojo

October 2, 2010

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guestbook
out: walter pierce park

October 2, 2010

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walter pierce park, washington, dc
found: september

September 30, 2010

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camera dump: september
auntie jojo, guest photographer

September 30, 2010

auntie jojo is town this weekend, which means we have all sorts of bonuses — extra set of hands, extra eyes for averting potential disasters, extra brain to cover the sleep deprived, extra attention span for she-who-has-separation-anxiety, and an extra person looking through the view finder. i hope she never leaves.

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auntie jojo, photos from guest photographer
“i got my passport, furball — where’s yours?”

September 28, 2010
bucket envy

September 27, 2010

after last week’s fill-the-bucket-with-mulch-a-thon i decided to spring the $2.79 — i know, i know, it wouldn’t have been so expensive at IKEA — to buy sparklet a bucket of her very own.

sparklet was so enraptured that she refused to give the bucket to the guy behind the counter to check out. now, if only we had some mulch to put in the bucket …
turns out you *can* put a price on everything

September 26, 2010

it was an interesting trip back from Williamsburg.

we left right before nap time so she’s sleep on the way, but she threw up around mile 65, let forth a massive poo around mile 120, and then we finally gave up at mile 175 (Potomac Mills) because we just couldn’t stand being in the car any longer. (she never napped.)

the one thing i love about IKEA is because it is a lot like taco bell — try as you may, it’s really hard to walk out of there spending more than half at what you’d spend at any of their competitors.

seriously, we got sparklet her birthday presents — a table/chair set and a 6-foot long alligator/crocodile (i can never tell the difference, especially when fake) — and all together they cost $0.37.

oh, if you see sparklet, don’t tell her what we got her for her birthday. don’t want to ruin the surprise.

UPDATE: in the small miracles department, sparklet slept through the night after skipping her afternoon nap on the way back from williamsburg. i’m not sure the 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep is worth the pain of cranky daytime sparklet, but it’s a hypothetical that i’m willing to explore 🙂