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Tag: Sparklet

  • one year checkup

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    sparklet went in for a checkup this morning, and she’s still ginormous — weighing in at 25.4 lbs (94th percentile) and standing almost 32 inches tall (off the charts at 97th+ percentile).

    two notable developments.

    first, we got an official diagnose from the doctor on sparklet’s mental state, when she was careening around like a lunatic, trying not to get measured:

    wow, she really hates not being in control — doesn’t she?

    (yup, thanks for the newsflash.)

    second, sparklet got four vaccinations — bringing her total lifetime count of shots up to thirteen — and had two vials of blood pulled by D.C. to test for lead and tuberculosis.

    there was a lot of screaming and yelling, but it quickly subsided once the needles went away — enough that she was clapping along to the music in the car ride home.

    no harm, no foul.

  • el tigre en el zoológico

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    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    el tigre en el zoológico, national zoo, washington, dc

  • found: murse

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  • guestbook: nancy and aunt melissa

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    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    guestbook (2009-10)

  • the pizza garden

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    our nanny share nanny doesn’t speak english. the lady sparkler and i haven’t spoken Spanish since high school.

    if that’s not a recipe for a laugh-track worth sit-com, i’m not sure what is.

    about six weeks ago, our nanny started saying how much sparklet loves running around “the pixa” — “the pesca” we ask?

    “no, the pixa” she she replies. “pixa! pixa!”

    “oh, of course — the ‘pixa!’” we finally replied, without an ounce of comprehension. “boy, does she love that!”

    over the next six weeks, we proceeded to ask every native Spanish speaker we’ve ever known what “pixa” meant en Español.

    not a clue.

    i Google translated about a dozen different spellings — pisca, pixa, pitsa, pesca, pixza.

    nothing.

    we finally decided that she meant either “pesca” which is Spanish for “fishing” or PISCA which is the Paranormal Investigation Society of Central Alabama.

    we were pretty confused about where they could possibly go fishing in northwest D.C., much less the intricacies of travel to Central Alabama, so we gave up and called it a day.

    fast forward to yesterday, when our beloved nanny share partners came to the zoo for sparklet’s birthday, and they said:

    hey, have you guys been over to the pizza garden yet? it’s a giant pizza that the kids can climb all over. maria says that they really love it.

    pizza. pixa. pizza = pixa.

    (cue laugh track.)

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    the pizza garden, national zoo, washington, dc

  • birthday cake

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    well, that didn’t go particularly well — the very first time she tried a cupcake, you would have thought that she was being force-fed peas.

    fortunately, we tried it again the next day and it did go a little better — even though *i* was actually the one to smear frosting all over her face.

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    cake

  • found: distraction

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  • firsts: piggy-back ride

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  • first birthday

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    thank you all so very much for coming — sparklet had a blast, and we couldn’t have picked a more perfect day for it. if you took any photos while you were there, please email/comment them along — while we got *some* good ones, i know we didn’t catch everything that was going on.

    it was great seeing you all 🙂

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    sparklet’s first birthday party, lion hill @ the national zoo, washington, dc

    more photos from:
    hparker23185 · cmfol

  • more presents

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    photo of the week // one year
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    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    more birthday presents