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kids

so when i was 12 or so, i loved the movie, war games. loved it.
and it was so absolutely absurd and unbelievable that you could play games with strangers on a computer somewhere else in the world.

totally science fiction.

that was only 21 years before gemma was born.

last night, like most nights, gemma played math games online. she played against kids in other places in the world. it is normal.
no big deal.

totally mainstream.

yet, it is mind blowing when i stop to think about it. what is the world going to look like in another (mere) 21 years?

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today’s “stating the obvious” fact:  mouth injuries bleed a lot.

(how cute are his fangs though?  and people think gemma looks like a vampire kid…)

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images and growing up

by sesame on August 26, 2010

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gemma went as Matilda for her school book week character day.  and that slight smile is hiding her first ever wobbly tooth.

come on tooth fairy, we are ready.

clover finally has enough hair for a ponytail.  a wispy, straggly, wish of a ponytail.   i wonder how old she will be when she gets her first haircut.

kieran has found that he has pockets and like the littlest of tiny men, stands around with his fat baby hands shoved into them..

but at the end of the day, they are still all my babies.

we are just gearing up to enter the tooth fairy phase…bring it on!

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how are those twins?

by sesame on August 25, 2010

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they are crazy…thanks for asking.

kids wear things on their heads…right?  cause all i can think about is the little boy from the movie “parenthood” who walks in circles with a bucket on his head, so um, please say your normal kids do this too.

oh and photo info…shot these with my new Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 lens.  not bad.

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why were my kids the only ones with paint in their hair?  I am going to have to buy hooded art smocks.

thank you universe for this activity so that i do not have to do much “art” at home with them yet.

i forgot to take the D3 with me, so these phone shots are the best i could do…probably a good thing as the phone got a little “decoration” by the twins.

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taking snapshots of the girl this afternoon and

July 27, 2010

i realized she has really grown up lately.  holy cow. she is wearing tops made for 7 year old girls. my little beautiful young lady. sidenote:  if you are going to see me speak with the awesome mishelle and lotus at blogher, this is one of  the “after” shot that you may see.

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she owned the place

July 20, 2010

clover went back to the hospital today to meet with her metabolic team.  she walked in the door and marched off towards the elevators.  i was merely there to keep up with her and push the stroller holding our bags.  you would never know that only a year ago, she was stuck in a bed [...]

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still a baby

July 8, 2010

when she needs to be.  for the most part, we are done with the baby bottles… but some nights, this is what she needs.  and what she needs, she gets.  we are suckers like that. (more bali pictures soon)

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and just like that, we are no longer peanut free

June 17, 2010

today was clover’s follow up allergy test appointment.  at 6 months of age she was diagnosed with a severe allergy to peanuts and i had to stop nursing her (being american, i was having peanut butter sandwiches daily) and she was put on special formula.  since she was failure to thrive (and also suffering from [...]

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bugs, walls and a bit of color

June 1, 2010

our adventure thursday happened on a monday this week.  peta and i took the twins to the melbourne museum. the museum has some great bugs so i thought i would take my little boy for a look. live bugs and dead bugs and drawings of bugs.  all kinds of bugs. well, he looked… and then [...]

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