tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91120075938523523322024-03-13T18:40:58.354-04:00brooklyn garden hopefulThis started as a way of keeping track of what I had planted where. It's grown a bit, and now is a convenient place for me to deposit trivia of a me-related nature -- about the backyard, things that grow there, the dog, the stoop, and maybe other stuff too. Sebastian, for example. Advice welcome.green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-44271945387815384972012-10-31T23:24:00.003-04:002012-10-31T23:24:40.525-04:00Happy Halloween!Happy Halloween!<br />
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Our little Thomas was pretty adamant all day long that he did not want to go trick or treating. He did not want to dress up as Thomas (or anything else). He did not want to trick or treat, even if that meant candy. He did not even want to sing the "trick or treat song" (smell my feet...) which he has been belting all week long. No sirree. He wanted no part of it. <br />
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We sat on the stoop and lured in the trick or treaters, although Seb insisted that only those wearing costumes could get candy. Which, as he got more and more excited, meant that he yelled out at everyone in civilian attire "You don't get any candy!" as they walked past. Including to his own father.<br />
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The band assembled (Dorothy, Zombie Princess, her little caterpillar baby brother, and assorted witch and zombie and pink-wigged-parents), we went up a couple of nearby blocks. I'm not sure what surprised me more -- that so many houses did not have any candy to give out (including some decorated to the hilt), or that so many houses did. In any case, the kids had to work for it, but at the end they got a good little haul.</div>
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Afterwards, back to Charlotte's house for The Great Pumpkin and pizza, and of course, candy. </div>
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It's a 16" blue Specialized with coaster brakes and training wheels (yes, Daddy, training wheels -- despite what he may announce to people, he's just three!), and he knew it was The One when he first saw it. Happy kid. </div>
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This was in the bike shop -- and will be the only time he doesn't have a helmet on while on that bike, don't worry. We even walked it home -- and that was a LONG way to walk a small bike, believe me. <br />
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Seb's school went on a field trip to the park today.</div>
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Here's Seb, with his arms around Sadie "with the white hair". Her mom was a chaperone, and sent me this pictorial dispatch.<br />
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<br />They look very serious here. My son -- taking his classwork seriously, already!</div>
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Friday, Seb came home from school with a fever (yes, before cupcakes). 102. We decided to wait to make the call about whether or not to have his party (scheduled for Sunday afternoon). Although it was down in the morning, his fever at 5pm Saturday was 103. Ok, that's definitive. What a bummer!</div>
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I, with the invaluable assistance of Sue the Sous-Chef, also made go-dog-go themed snacks: dog shaped peanut butter sandwiches, a whole racetrack full of "car" shaped snacks (cheese/tomato roadsters, salami/mozzarella roadsters, carrot/string bean roadsters, apple/grape roadsters, and best of all, pizza with sausage dog roadsters). And stoplight crackers (w/peppers and hummos). </div>
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green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-35076588498357833652012-09-13T00:20:00.001-04:002012-09-13T00:20:04.557-04:00cupcake one: Thomas the Tank EngineThe advantage of Sebastian being in two different preschools is that I get to make two different batches of cupcakes. Normally I'm averse to the Disney/Pixar/commercial consumption characters. But Seb loves them, and it's his darn birthday. So. <br />
I'm making the kid happy. Here are the cupcakes he'll take to sunset park children's school: Thomas! <br />
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green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-68707131672444307762012-07-24T19:24:00.001-04:002012-07-24T19:24:18.064-04:00Where we had dinner.<div><p>Cundy's harbor, Maine </p>
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It has been brought to my attention that those on facebook may not be up to date on all the Sebastian happenings. Here's an indication of summer fun. Because what could be better than hanging out past bedtime in your winter pajamas, doing the cha-cha. This was actually June.</div>
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Although it's telling me that my browser isn't supported by Blogger. That's annoying. I don't want anyone twisting my arm and telling me what software to use. Not even Google. Especially not Google? <br />green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-80779422609884609482012-01-22T14:27:00.000-05:002012-01-22T14:27:05.653-05:00i'm a fast runner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/tmMy2FK2yEE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1114009632"></span><span id="goog_1114009633"></span>green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-47665014837311235862012-01-07T14:01:00.000-05:002012-01-07T14:01:25.921-05:00twelfth night<div style="text-align: center;">Oh Enzo.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o0ThYFq9yuc/TwiWFzdwUNI/AAAAAAAABv8/1SVWs_gPTs8/s1600/jan+7+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214px" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o0ThYFq9yuc/TwiWFzdwUNI/AAAAAAAABv8/1SVWs_gPTs8/s320/jan+7+019.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-69325755194099307562011-12-30T21:13:00.000-05:002011-12-30T21:13:15.262-05:00xmas pics, coming soonWe made it home! <br />
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Someone had to be dragged kicking and screaming off the plane. And it wasn't Steve. green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-20566826361281667922011-12-01T21:00:00.001-05:002011-12-01T21:00:04.043-05:00cousins<div style="text-align: center;">I love watching them together. </div><br />
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</div>green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-48072959126310054872011-11-30T22:55:00.000-05:002011-11-30T22:55:27.080-05:00watching daddy work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0Vf_fiRc3ro/Ttb6lCBnwfI/AAAAAAAABt0/QdLsAXXBsnw/s1600/to+thanksgiving+085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="320px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0Vf_fiRc3ro/Ttb6lCBnwfI/AAAAAAAABt0/QdLsAXXBsnw/s320/to+thanksgiving+085.jpg" width="214px" /></a></div>It's the tippy toes that get me. green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-53456086773525643752011-11-26T14:37:00.001-05:002011-11-30T23:03:54.194-05:00ThanksgivingSeb was thankful for (in this order): applesauce, Charlotte, backhoes, the moon, Grandma. <br />
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It was fun. The boys are old enough now for a kids table, and we were joined by Seb's buddy Nate and his parents. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BrsvKwl8R0s/TtE9Hq3AKII/AAAAAAAABtk/RSF71fYmSpU/s1600/to+thanksgiving+077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BrsvKwl8R0s/TtE9Hq3AKII/AAAAAAAABtk/RSF71fYmSpU/s320/to+thanksgiving+077.jpg" width="214px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Cyrus wrote Seb and Nate letters the following day. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vxo4V6DsykA/TtE9Rv4QL0I/AAAAAAAABts/ajQ3C3hbk_c/s1600/to+thanksgiving+078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vxo4V6DsykA/TtE9Rv4QL0I/AAAAAAAABts/ajQ3C3hbk_c/s320/to+thanksgiving+078.jpg" width="214px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday we tried again, the backup costumes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KX04Q4gSpg/TrAAcakd0xI/AAAAAAAABsE/FA8_MvwetKw/s1600/seb+monster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KX04Q4gSpg/TrAAcakd0xI/AAAAAAAABsE/FA8_MvwetKw/s320/seb+monster.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No monster. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No hamburger.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4SJF7C4RsQs/TrAAam4BKNI/AAAAAAAABr0/ARqV3jM5aIE/s1600/seb+burger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4SJF7C4RsQs/TrAAam4BKNI/AAAAAAAABr0/ARqV3jM5aIE/s320/seb+burger.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I9vUUoK2sqE/TrAAbnhLk2I/AAAAAAAABr8/Y9CNmoTWi8w/s1600/seb+burger+close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I9vUUoK2sqE/TrAAbnhLk2I/AAAAAAAABr8/Y9CNmoTWi8w/s320/seb+burger+close.jpg" width="214" /></a>Yup, those are real tears. So we gave it a break.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We thought daycare might have better luck, so we sent him in with the hamburger costume. He wanted nothing to do with it. Wanted nothing to do with any of it. Except for the raisins that were mixed in with the trick or treat candy. He liked pretending they were blocks and stacking them up. </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And no, it wasn't just because it was a vacuum cleaner. He didn't want to wear any of the backups (the monster, the hamburger, not even his sweatshirt in fear that it might be a costume). </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So I wore the vacuum cleaner monster to the neighborhood party. And by the end of the party he'd even hold my hand while I wore it. Which is better than last night, when he was afraid of it when it was just on the other side of the living room.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><img height="96px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRk19EKIp0I/TnVTekGGIII/AAAAAAAABqo/4FWLXvka4z0/s320/seb%2527s+bday+104.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 98px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 351px; visibility: hidden;" width="64px" /></div><img height="96px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRk19EKIp0I/TnVTekGGIII/AAAAAAAABqo/4FWLXvka4z0/s320/seb%2527s+bday+104.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 63px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 378px; visibility: hidden;" width="64px" />green lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710702006690038659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112007593852352332.post-82451036949386171882011-09-16T09:57:00.000-04:002011-09-16T09:57:25.446-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He started off his twos by asking "Why" for the very first time. Oh boy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ruUbK9YBTwE/TnNS21aYnlI/AAAAAAAABpo/sbnO_3FmerY/s1600/IMG_20110916_083123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ruUbK9YBTwE/TnNS21aYnlI/AAAAAAAABpo/sbnO_3FmerY/s320/IMG_20110916_083123.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br />
Looking a little like Grandpa in his extra wide new balance shoes, khakis, and by request of the birthday boy, "car shirt". <br />
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