Kitchen Pics

I can’t get the colors right, but I am sick of trying so here are the pics anyway.

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Brothers

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Just in time

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S’mores

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First Non-Buzz Haircut

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The birthday

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Climbers

Simon has taken to climbing our one climbable tree of late. He has also taken to falling out of it. As for Ethan, he is pulling himself up on everything these days. A prelude, we hope, to walking. He about way too many pounds too heavy to carry anymore. And [...]

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In Thanksgiving

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Birthday Party

We went to a friend’s surprise 30th birthday party two weeks ago. It was a gorgeous day. The kids had fun playing in the fort all day, and there was even another Easter egg hunt. Lots of fun.

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Easter Pics

The first pic is Easter morning. The next two were taken the night before, during an Easter egg hunt at Grams’ house.

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My New Employer

Old School, New School: Quaker Chemical Corporation
Location: Conshohocken
Industry: Chemical specialties
Local employees: 117
Revenue: $460 million
This almost 90-year-old chemical company, which supplies products to the steel, auto and construction industries, among others, has a unique culture that blends the best of an old-school workplace with the opportunities of the new economy. “Even though we’re an international company, [...]

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Love this picture

He just looks like such a thug. It was taken a while ago, though. We are, contrary to reason, growing his hair out now for the summer, so he is fast approaching the hedgehog stage. But this hair cut stemmed from me forgetting to put the attachment on the clipper. And [...]

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I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords

“Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we’ve just lost the picture, but what we’ve seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over — ‘conquered’ if you will — by a master race of giant space ants. It’s difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or [...]

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Sun…finally

It was a glorious day yesterday. Well, in the afternoon at least. Until the tornados came. And nothing fell down in the wind this time. So anyway, during those glorious two hours, we were able to prep our vegetable garden for the year. Nothing has been planted yet, but the [...]

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And we’re back

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From a while back

Guess it was bright outside. Sorry. Haven’t taken any pics in a while.

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The bruised birthday boy

Over a month late. We’re so lame around here. Yet even after a month, you can still see a mark there. Hopefully it goes away eventually.

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Happy

This is pretty much what he is like most of the time. Except when he’s wet and/or hungry. Or on his changing table.

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Snow

A few weeks ago, it snowed.  So we went outside.

Speedy Gonzales:

Lovin’ it:

Mini Gonzales:

These pics are taken before E’s birthday, as the new sled was not yet in our possession.

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Of trees and sheds

So, some really cool things happened in 2008 (and this and this and this and this too).  But 2008 will be remembered also as The Year of the Doctor in our house, as it seemed like everyone was fighting something at some point.  But in these uncertain times, it’s good to know that 2008 was [...]

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