a 2010 year in review


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meet our little lady a.

she's 25 weeks old in the belly and already stunning... looking both like her mommy and big brother z.


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we woke up to freshly fallen snow: the very first snowfall heralding the coming winter season.


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outdoorswhen we do get outdoors, it's not so much rare as it is sometimes difficult to get in play time what with limited day light, weather constraints, the work time that interferes and the necessities of chores/errands we have to find time for. but we make every possible effort to look for opportunities for z to commune with nature and art, even ( Read more... )

on halloween eve: a ketchikan park ranger
we called ourselves the "tourist trap" because we dressed ourselves in almost everything we bought at a ketchikan gift shop.


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this morning:

• i've made breakfast
  
• z and i have hollowed out a pumpkin
  
• made no cook playdough... which turned my kid's hands blue (in direct violation of his costume regulations, btw)
  
• washed our hands (mine are red and blue) twice with jason toothpaste (to fading but not disappearing results)
  
• together, we've ruined a perfectly good shirt
  
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how i love these three.


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we're taking turns napping today. first the wife slept in. then i closed my eyes for over an hour. then the kid quickly passed out attached to me.

but when i came out from the bedroom from the nap i had to force myself out of, the wife pointed out this scene:


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once upon a time, i couldn't wait for my kid to crawl. get mobile. express himself. make his intentions clear ( Read more... )