Tuesday, July 31, 2007

"it's in the stars"

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For a limited time only, you have cosmic permission to suck your thumb and drool freely and murmur "gaga" over and over again...The moment has arrived, in other words, to give yourself permission to melt into a pool of primal goo as you commune with the music of the spheres and tune in to the hymn of your deepest longings.

Good job, Dylan, good job...! Note, however, that this horoscope does not mention screeching when said deepest longings are not immediately realized!

Thanks again for the fun, Rob Brezsny!


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Monday, July 30, 2007

Festival of the Book

Dylan got 20 Reading Dollars for all the books he had read to him and he cashed in his meal ticket for a yummy pina colada popsicle (it was vegan!)!

He also blew bubbles, watched a magician, drew with some sidewalk chalk, and decorated his very own secret identity box.

This past week, he surprised me by instantly signing "apple" back to me after I pointed one out to him on a box of Teddy Puffs.

He's improving his spoon feeding skills and he blows on his food to cool it down.


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Sunday, July 29, 2007

wharf to wharf


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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Tom and I ran the 6-mile Wharf to Wharf while Dylan enjoyed painting at Heather and Assaf's house.

He is really diggin' scribbling these days!


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Seacliff beach with the cousins


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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Cindy brought Jason, Tyler, Jason's friend Evan and my mom down to Santa Cruz for a day at the beach.

It was another opportunity for Dylan to wear that cute little sun romper of his!

As always, much fun was had by all.


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Thursday, July 19, 2007

happy happy drool drool!


happy happy drool drool!
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Wow, Dylan is still at 6 teeth, but lookit how they fill up that little mouth of his!


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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

what a doll


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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

This past Sunday, Tom and I were crazy enough to go out there and do that Jungle Run despite the fact that we'd done nearly zero training since the Santa Cruz Half three months ago!

Christina was kind enough to watch Dylan and take all of these cute pictures, including this one of Dylan being so sweet with this creepy doll!

He really is a sweet little fella. Today, we met Benjamin and another mommy with whom we might do a little nanny-share time and he tried feeding Benjamin some of his seitan!


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signing chicken

Dylan's repertoire of signs now includes "chicken", "drink" and definitely "sleepy" (which he signed several times as clear as day after we got home from Assaf's birthday dinner). His new favorite sign is "cooking!"

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Sunday, July 08, 2007

hoorah for Dennis the Menace!

painting at My Museum

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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Today was oodles of fun for little D. We met Auntie Cindy, et al at Dennis the Menace Park in Monterey for a picnic lunch and some really fun playground time with Jason and Tyler.


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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

And, as if that weren't enough fun already, we headed to MY Museum right afterwards! Dylan loved the magic paint board, but he also liked the moon sand table, the magnet table, and the toddler room.

Today's day trip was a great way to wrap up the long weekend! The rest of the photo highlights are here.


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Saturday, July 07, 2007

a day in back

"I like mint!"

""I like mint!""
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

I headed out for a morning run today and ran right by a garage sale with a cool looking workbench and a $5 wagon! I couldn't pass it up, so I cut short my run and ran straight home to get Tom and his wallet!


garage sale find!

"garage sale find!"
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

As soon as we got the goodies home, we cleaned them off and tested them out. Dylan really likes his new tools and his new workbench!


hmmm...how's mint taste?

"hmmm...how's mint taste?"
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Between the new toys and the mint plants -- picking at them, smelling them, and sampling them -- Dylan was busy!

So, Tom had a chance to stake up the tomato plants and check on our steadily growing corn.

Deer have grazed heavily on our strawberries and tomatoes, and the gophers have eaten up all of the snap peas and kale, our chamomile and freesia, but I'm happy to report that the basil is doing well!

Anyway, we are all three recovering from/fighting off some virus or another, so it was nice to have a relatively mellow Saturday....

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Friday, July 06, 2007

give me a sign!


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Originally uploaded by ieanna.

Dylan is still in sign-acquisition mode. Today, he signed "monkey" (very cute! He even tries to make the sound), and yesterday, he signed "elephant". He also signed "mouse" and tried signing "fish" while reading his favorite book, Click, Clack, Splish, Splash (he seriously loves this book...!)

It seems he signed at least a couple more new words, but I'm beginning to lose track!!


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Thursday, July 05, 2007

the 4th

little space swimmer
little space swimmer
Originally uploaded by ieanna.

The day started relatively early with a BBQ lunch at Cindy's house, some swimming, and a game of charades (of course, Tom just rocked!).


Here we all are at some park near Cindy's house, waiting for it to get dark and for the fireworks show to commence!


There was much pre-show playing and snacking. As you can see here, the kids had fun with their glow-in-the-dark bracelets...Dylan included! He even used his to illuminate his cup of Teddy Puffs!


such a sweet picture
such a sweet picture
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Dylan is just adored by all (in this picture, he's with my cousin's eldest daughter Zoe), so of course he wanted to stay awake!

You can only imagine how tired little Dylan must have been by the time the fireworks began!



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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

He managed to stay awake for the first 10 minutes of the show -- he loved it, by the way. The show began with a few teasers set off a few minutes apart from one another, and when Dylan saw the lights in the sky, he just started squeaking and clapping his little hands! But, despite his valiant efforts to ward off sleep, he finally succumbed!

There are lots of good pictures to be seen, especially since Christina was the one behind the camera while Dylan kept my hands full! Ieanna posted a nice album, too.


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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

shoe shoe!


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Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Dylan's daycare is closed alllll week in celebration of the 4th, so we joined Heather, Taliana and Heather's mom and dad, who are visiting from Ohio, for a train ride at Roaring Camp Railroads.

Dylan woke up at 6am when I got up to shower, and he fell asleep about an hour before H. arrived to get us, so he was a bit on the sedate side for the first half of the ride; he was ready to play during the second half!

By the time, the ride ended, he was really reeady to go! He played with Taliana, checked out the haystacks, ate a lot of cherries and hummus, and he signed "duck" (!) as we were leaving! Well, really, it looked a little like his sign for "pig", being near the mouth and all, but he was definitely looking at the ducks! We gave him props for being close!

Later in the evening, he signed "all done" and "hot" (saw John, our neighbor's son, sitting out near his fire pit).

Oh, as for this post's title, those cute little shoes are his relatively new soft-sole shoes we got as one of his bday presents from Grandma Sharon and Papa Willard.

He loves 'em...and, an interesting factoid about them: the soles are made out of the same material used for climbing gear and search and rescue dog booties!

Heck, that just means their durable...! Dylan has worn these on hot sand, hot asphalt, on dirt (pictured here) and he's clearly comfy in them. Unlike his sandals, he doesn't really try to tear these off his feet. In fact, today, he was trying to put them on!

He says thanks and sends his love!!


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