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by sesame on September 6, 2010

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yes, we really do still get asked if they are identical.

now, i understand that people get confused and ask that when they really just want to know if they are similar.

i mean, i get “modern” and “contemporary” confused all the time.

i still say ”fewer” for “less” and “less” for “fewer”.  THAT drives my husband crazy.

but seriously…the ones that actually mean identical?  they make me giggle now.  i can’t hide it anymore.

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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

in chicken,daily life,frog,kids,porcupine

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

in chicken,daily life,frog,kids

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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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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adventure thursday . a winter beach

May 13, 2010

half of the sand you see here was at the bottom of the bath at home later in the evening. that is proof of fun had. (i am not sure how clover is going  to deal with peta’s return to new zealand…as you can see here, they are the best of friends.)

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in the shadow of zen

May 6, 2010

today we played just a stone’s throw from a center for buddhism. (not that we would throw a stone at a buddhist…in fact, quite the opposite.  we picked up some brochures as we have been meaning to go to some classes since we moved here.  they even have a kid’s club!  my kids could use [...]

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saying goodnight to the moon

March 16, 2010

sometimes i am just struck by the weight of the fact that we almost did not have these two babies… if we had not decided to see a specialist if we had not done all the tests to find my genetic issue if we had not switched doctors if we had not tried for one [...]

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the kid just needs a helmet and a padded room

March 15, 2010

because i can’t take the toddler injuries. it looks so much better in photos, but it was a doozy.  not sure exactly what happened as i rounded the corner right after it happened to be greeted with the red-faced-silent-cry-before-the-high-pitched-scream followed by much wailing and frantic signing for his bunny.  two things i do know, it [...]

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