"no hair!"

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On Saturday, we finally honored Dylan's request for "no hair!" and took him in to get his hair trimmed! We think it looks pretty ok...! (Check out that pie-hole, too! The choppers are really filling in!)

dylan's first dinner at Millennium

Yerba Buena Gardens, SF
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Last week was a milestone week for all of us! I got to attend the 4-day Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, so I was separated from Dylan for 4 WHOLE days (instead of just our usual half-day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday arrangement) and Tom had to take up the business of managing Dylan's morning routine and taking him to daycare on Wednesday.

Luckily, we had incredible help: Heather took Dylan to Music Together and daycare on Tuesday (apparently, Dylan had a stellar day despite waking up with me at 5am and having great difficulty falling back asleep) and Lola watched him all day on Thursday (Tom had to spend the day in Southern California!)!

thoroughly enjoying Millennium dessert
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Though I enjoyed the conference (and even got a chance to see Wednesday, my old college roommate!), I missed Dylan immensely...! Tom and Dylan obviously enjoyed some serious bonding time! Tom and Dylan drove up to SF on the last day of the conference and we celebrated the end of the week with a dinner at Millennium -- the 4-course special meal with the wine pairings.

Amazingly, Dylan liked every, single course! Yummy flickr photos here....

this year's seder

seder plate
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At long last, here is a post about this year's seder! This year, we rehashed some favorites from our first seder: turkish eggplant stew, rice pilaf, and sauteed carrots with almonds, and (!), we added in some Tofoo Com Chay-bought drumsticks (lambshank stand-ins).

vegan matzo ball soup
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We also tried some new recipes, including a vegan matzo ball soup, an unusual coconut-lemon-almond haroset and an incredibly decadent and extremely simple chocolate matzo recipe (modified to use about 1/2 the "required" margarine -- even then, we could sense our arteries clogging with every delicious bite).

Tom leads the seder
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As to the service itself, we once again used the Ina Gada Haggadah as our guide. Dylan had a fit at Word One of the intro, forcing Tom to basically just hit the high notes as we all strained to hear through the haze of Dylan's screams!

Other than Dylan's fit, a good time was had by all (Taliana, Assaf and Heather joined us). Taliana and Dylan even searched for the afikomen! The rest of the photo highlights are on flickr.

Day 47: rockin' out

Day 47: rockin' out
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Today, I tried sticking to our vow of keeping up with running. Tom and Dylan went to the playground while I did my 4-mile maintenance run (you'd think 4 miles would be a piece o' cake after 13.1 miles, but for some reason, it was a tough run!).

After I got back, Dylan wanted to wear some of my running accessories (hat and mp3 player)!

race day

Dr. Evil??
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Dylan woke up at 4AM(!!!!! egads egads) on race-day, gipping me and Tom of a couple of hours of sleep! Then, we thought he might sleep past the new babysitter's shift and only awake after Heather arrived at 8:30am. No such luck!

He awoke at 6:45am...to a face he'd only seen once (the previous day)! His way of dealing? He made small talk. "Moon gone", he said, and then they read Goodnight Moon together!

After Heather and Taliana arrived, they apparently did a lot of outdoor play and went for a walk on the path behind the house.

As for Tom and me. We finished the race in a little over 2 hours. We missed our target times (I was 7 minutes slower than last year and Tom was 5 minutes slower) so we were both a little disappointed! Tom is planning vengeance in the Jungle Run in mid-July and we're planning to do 10-12 mile runs on the weekends to get used to the longer distances...!

pre-race treat

vegan milkshake love at the Saturn
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Splurging on a milkshake before the race is kind of like putting the cart before horse. But, we knew little Dylan would enjoy it, too. And, he'd be drinking some of our portion, right? So, the decision seemed sound.

Here we are at the boardwalk, on our way to pick up our timing chips....Dylan enjoyed seeing the ocean and watching the volleyball players.

"cancakes" for dinner

making his dinner
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Dylan is (unfortunately) getting pickier about food. So, to encourage him to eat, we try to offer him a choice and involve him in the cooking process. This explains why we had pancakes for dinner the other night!

At least it was easy to make!!!

"hankey mouse" accompanies us to story time

Day 40: "hankey mouse" accompanies us to story time
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Dylan has developed an unusually strong connection with "Hankey" mouse. Yes, that's right. He thinks Mickey's name is "Hankey"!

It happened like this: one day, we both had colds so whenever Dylan started chanting, "hankey, hankey, hankey", I whipped out a hankie and wiped his nose! It went chant-wipe-repeat. He must have gotten tired of this because, he finally said, "Nooooo! Hankey. Change DIAPER!".

I stopped what I was doing. What?? Pause. Pause.
Me (pointing at Mickey Mouse): "Wait....Who is this?"
Dylan (in a totally matter-of-fact tone of voice): "Hankey Mouse."

Ohhhhhh! Silly mommy.

Since then, the two have been nearly inseparable!

sportin the Reisz look

sportin the Reisz look
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Today's picture....

being a pickle has its relaxing moments, too

Day 36: kickin' back in Lola's chair
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After a day of musical favorites -- Mothersong and the Baby Blue Blues Band -- playing with water and planting seeds at the museum, and visiting with Jason and Tyler, and getting all dressed up as a pirate, there's nothing like taking a load off over at Lola's house!

another new trend

Dylan picked out his outfit for the day...
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... picking out his own clothes. This usually involves a full emptying of his t-shirt drawer on his dresser. On this day, he insisted on wearing a blue shirt. In the middle of the selection, these train overalls were discovered and an ensemble was born.

"buy thtuff"

the beauty of mini shopping carts
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Our local grocery store has little Dylan-sized shopping carts and, boy, does he love them. I'm not allowed to set even a pinky on these to help him steer...away from people's ankles! And, every item he recognizes (soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, bread, crackers, bunny grahams, puffins, tofu, etc....), is a must-have for the cart. Wow. Shopping has never been so exciting!