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Tag: Sparklet

  • ¡el pato is back!

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    el pato rides again.

    after being missing and presumed dead for the last week, el pato seems to have dragged himself all the way from costa rica to an amazon.com distribution center in campbellsville, kentucky where he (rather intelligently if you ask me) UPS’ed himself the rest of the way to D.C.

    amazing.

    he also appears to have brought his girlfriend along with him — her name is Tica, which also happens to be the friendly, national diminutive for Costa Rican females.

    … which, i guess, explains what he was doing for the last week.

  • last photo in Costa Rica

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    If there was one feature of the resort that sparklet loved above all others, it was the golf carts that they sped you from place to place in.

    Being simple city folk, we didn’t use them much at all — but when we did, she was giggling like a schoolgirl with the wind blowing through be hair.

  • table service

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    The hospitality in Costa Rica has been incredible.

    We’ve eaten dinner out every night, and each time the Ticos have gone out of their way for sparklet — from meals off the menu, to special accommodations, to near constant attention.

    In fact, we’re pretty sure that sparklet’s going to want to bring at least one of the waiters home. Oh, and one of the hostesses too if there’s room (the one named Katherine, appropriately enough).

    While she’s been down here, Sparklet’s developed a couple of quirks at the dinner table.

    She’ll pass objects around the table, in a very prescribed order and will forcibly intervene if (a) we mess it up, or (b) if she’s ready for the object to move in a different direction.

    During dinner, if mommy and I hold hands, she’ll pull them apart and insert her own. Then she spend a few minutes rearranging all six hands — including her own — in different orders and positions.

    And, when she’s done eating, she insists on feeding us whatever is left — even if it has already been chewed.

    It’s been a good vacation.

  • last day at the pool

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    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    last day at the pool

  • found: one of the girls

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  • sprinklers

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    This morning, sparklet awoke to find the grounds crew experimenting with the sprinklers out front of our unit.

    Ever the willing helper, she marched out the front door, inspected the sprinklers heads, and then stood over the controls until the ground crew came over to show her the ropes.

    And then, like all good grounds keepers, she cried when the sprinklers shut off without her direct authorization.

  • cougar

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    sparklet had developed a bit of a reputation down here, specifically when it comes to younger men.

    She’s taken a special shine to one of the bride’s cousins — a man half her age — and hasn’t been shy about showering him with rather physical displays of affection.

    UPDATE: I thought they had something, he left town it the morning without so much as a word — only a secondhand goodbye through a despondent mother of the bride. typical.

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    sunday morning

  • el pato is dead, long live el pato

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    sparklet’s favorite pool toy is missing.

    we’ve put out an all points bulletin for “un pato de juguete de color naranja y blanco, con rayas como una cebra” but given the complexity of the request, we’re fearing the worst.

    good-night, sweet pato — may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

  • found: jorge

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  • stephanie and jorge’s rehearsal dinner

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    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    stephanie and jorge’s rehearsal dinner