The Rad Seeds

Pre-op

2012-02-15T09:30:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Otis!

2012-02-15T09:03:00.001-08:00

He's excited to take his kite to the marina this weekend!

Just playing in the greenhouse

2012-02-11T17:05:00.001-08:00

2012-02-07T19:34:00.000-08:00

2012-02-07T18:42:00.001-08:00

Firetruck ride

2012-02-07T18:42:00.000-08:00

Birthday treat

2012-02-07T18:41:00.000-08:00

Zonked

2012-02-06T13:25:00.001-08:00

Otis imagining star wars bad guys in the car.

2012-02-06T13:25:00.000-08:00

2012-02-05T13:06:00.001-08:00

Counting treasure

2012-02-05T13:06:00.000-08:00

Lookit all this booty!

2012-02-05T13:05:00.001-08:00

Pirate treehouse

2012-02-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

They should call it awesome island instead of pirate's cove

Snacktime smile

2012-02-05T13:04:00.000-08:00

Kooky piano

2012-02-05T13:03:00.000-08:00

At Goofy's house

2012-02-05T13:02:00.000-08:00

Birthday lunch at Goofy's Kitchen.

2012-02-05T08:31:00.001-08:00

Love the expression on his face.

Otis in heaven

2012-02-05T08:28:00.001-08:00

Disneyland.

2012-02-05T08:19:00.001-08:00

Who's more excited?

2012-02-05T08:16:00.001-08:00

Babies drive. (When we stop for gas).

2012-02-03T09:14:00.001-08:00

On the road to Disneyland.

Adnoidectomy and DisneyLand!

2012-02-02T21:43:00.000-08:00

We are off to Anaheim tomorrow morning early to visit DisneyLand for Otis and James' birthday! We will be going with the M-M family and we will do our best to find our camera so we can take a bunch of pictures. Look forward to a good post with pictures next week.

In other news Otis needs his adnoids out and tubes in his ears. He's basically deaf on his right side and the hearing on his left ain't super so he ends up saying 'What you say?' all the time. We took him to the doctor (a Tufts alum!) and he recommended having his adnoids out and the tubes. I guess the adnoids are glands that reside in the nasal cavity and, if they grow enlarged, can inhibit normal breathing. This can then lead to snoring and poor sleep. This describes Otis to a 't' and we feel sort of bad that he's 4 now and we just figured it out. We hope it works and that he gets better sleep after the surgery. He's always so pleasant when he sleeps well.

The surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb 15 (his birthday) and he'll be home for a few days after so get your cards and letters ready and if you can maybe we'll try to Skype or gChat to occupy him while he's home from school for 5 days after the surgery.

Have a great weekend everybody and don't listen to that groundhog; spring is just around the corner. We has hummingbirds in the garden right now.

2012-01-29T08:47:00.001-08:00

Dropping off

2012-01-24T08:46:00.000-08:00

Kisses to the baby in the reflection

2012-01-22T17:57:00.000-08:00

VID 00049-20120122-0938.3GP

2012-01-22T09:39:00.000-08:00

Emmett walks!

2012-01-18T20:30:00.001-08:00

Emmett took his first unaided steps tonight! He was walking around the living room while Otis tried to knock him over. No video, sorry. 10 months old!

Coiffure

2012-01-14T09:44:00.000-08:00

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Trim

2012-01-14T09:27:00.000-08:00

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Reading twins

2012-01-11T09:36:00.001-08:00

Thanks for the photo Tali! And thanks for the picture book Nene and
Papa!

Busy, busy!

2012-01-07T15:56:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T13:24:00.000-08:00

Hark the herald angel

2011-12-29T10:50:00.000-08:00

This one's for Auntie Amy.

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Gets him every time!

2011-12-28T15:23:00.001-08:00

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2011-12-28T15:23:00.000-08:00

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2011-12-28T15:22:00.001-08:00

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2011-12-28T15:22:00.000-08:00

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New Toy!

2011-12-26T08:54:00.000-08:00

He loves it. Thank you Galeckas family!

2011-12-26T08:53:00.000-08:00

Hammerin fool

2011-12-25T14:54:00.000-08:00

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Night Before Christmas

2011-12-24T22:20:00.000-08:00

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2011-12-24T22:19:00.000-08:00

Christmas rockin eve

2011-12-24T15:18:00.000-08:00

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Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father - The Atlantic

2011-12-21T22:21:00.001-08:00

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/02/laws-concerning-food-and-drink-household-principles-lamentations-of-the-father/5013/#.TvLLnMYVP4g.mailto

"I'm the shark!"

2011-12-14T09:38:00.000-08:00

On the new play structure at CEC.

Santa's adorable helper

2011-12-10T18:58:00.000-08:00

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Letter to Santa 2011

2011-11-28T07:59:00.000-08:00

We sat down with Otis and wrote a letter to Santa. Some of the things he mentioned were spurred by the books and so forth that were immediately in front of him, but some were not and are pretty cryptic. If you can figure out a 'Penguin Game', go for it. We have no idea what he's talking about.

He mentioned a caboose and I wanted to clarify that he is talking about a caboose for his Thomas the tank engine small wooden trains. He’s always talking about cabooses.

Otis started to write his name down near the signature line but didn’t like his O because the lines crossed. So he started over again up near the top of the page. Pretty good, eh?

Things he didn’t list but would love:

-Tonka trucks and machines

-LEGO boat

-jigsaw puzzles (60 or so pieces)

-fun, busy posters or large prints of maps and roads and all sorts of stuff that he can hang on his wall or play on with his cars and legos.

Linkage:

http://www.amazon.com/Bloks-Thomas-Adventure-Misty-Island/dp/B003HGYMI0

http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Cassette-Player-Microphone/dp/B001C9RZME/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1322495772&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-T5621-TRIO-Shark-Adventure/dp/B003J36K0Y/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1322495819&sr=1-6

http://cdn.makezine.com/make/20/M15_%20sailboat%20MAKE.finalrev.pdf

Mr. Grungey!

2011-11-27T14:01:00.000-08:00

Randolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Davey Rocket

2011-11-26T17:27:00.001-08:00

Are just two of the characters that Otis sings about.

2011-11-23T19:52:00.001-08:00

Wood Rodgers Thanksgiving Potluck

2011-11-23T09:51:00.000-08:00

Next apprentice.

Emmett is busy

2011-11-11T18:13:00.001-08:00

Shoppin' fools

2011-11-08T18:55:00.000-08:00

2011-11-06T13:41:00.000-08:00

Standing Emmett

2011-11-03T22:00:00.001-07:00

Supported and in the crib, but he got that way on his own!

Spidey power!

2011-11-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

Spider-spaz

2011-11-01T06:23:00.000-07:00

Spidey & Ricky Bobby

2011-11-01T06:22:00.000-07:00

I couldn't get a shot of them together without tears. This was actually the 'best' one.

Happy Halloween!

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2011-10-31T20:20:00.001-07:00

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2011-10-30T13:05:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the hat Grandma Judy!

2011-10-28T18:49:00.000-07:00

Harvest mouse

2011-10-25T12:58:00.000-07:00

Mountaineering: Freedom of the Gourds.

2011-10-25T11:02:00.000-07:00

On top of pumpkin mountain!

2011-10-22T19:19:00.000-07:00

Happy, helmeted boys

2011-10-19T10:06:00.000-07:00

First campaign sign. And it's a doozie!

2011-10-11T21:25:00.001-07:00

PopPop and Emmett

2011-10-06T15:59:00.000-07:00

Minigolf just before the fit hit the shan.

2011-10-06T15:58:00.000-07:00

Newest Addition!

2011-10-02T13:59:00.000-07:00

We have been blessed with 4 new babies in our family this year!

Wes
Emmett
Josie
and now....
Annabella Olivia!

Born today on Dev's 65th birthday! All well. Photo of her with her big
bro Izayah.

2011-10-01T11:51:00.001-07:00

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2011-10-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

Nothing like a jumpy house!

2011-09-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

Up on hands and knees!

"Bad guys to the rescue!"

2011-09-27T16:22:00.001-07:00

Note: All figurines are "Bad Guys".

RAWR!

2011-09-20T15:56:00.001-07:00

Picnic

2011-09-18T16:38:00.000-07:00

Buds

2011-09-15T18:31:00.001-07:00

Two peas in two matching pod cars :)

Nature boy

2011-09-14T06:36:00.000-07:00

The steps are the Dipsea steps out of Mill Valley. He climbed a few hundred and then turned to me and said: 'These are hard for me. Can I ride on you shoulders?' That's what we did.

Caver

2011-09-13T12:15:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytzBbyrSZeY - Sep 13, 2011 12:05 PM

Fountain fan

2011-09-13T10:25:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQK3bTtMAPU - Sep 13, 2011 9:22 AM

2011-09-10T15:36:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkJgZj40AnI - Peaches in a sock

My turn!

2011-09-06T12:08:00.003-07:00

Washin'

2011-09-06T12:08:00.001-07:00

Happy swing time

2011-09-06T12:03:00.000-07:00

New pirate hat

2011-09-01T20:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks Stan & Eileen!

Sleepy boys

2011-08-31T06:45:00.000-07:00

Absolutely loves the bouncy chair

2011-08-30T20:17:00.000-07:00

Blackberries

2011-08-30T17:30:00.001-07:00

"They grew!.......hmmmm these are tasty."

Bouncy! Bouncy! Zzz...

2011-08-29T18:58:00.000-07:00

Shoulder ride

2011-08-29T12:21:00.000-07:00

Peas!

2011-08-28T17:27:00.000-07:00

Emmett tries a bike helmet

2011-08-27T16:17:00.000-07:00

Bouncy fun

2011-08-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

Swim time

2011-08-25T15:16:00.001-07:00

He just loves swimming. Reminds me of his Great-Grandfather Chilton!

Emmett snoozes at the Eel River

2011-08-23T12:39:00.000-07:00

Eel River trip

2011-08-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

We had a great visit to the South Fork of the Eel River and stayed at Big bend Lodge [http://www.bigbendlodge.com]. We'll be back next year.

We've been busy saving the universe!

2011-08-15T22:34:00.001-07:00

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Trapeze

2011-08-15T10:56:00.000-07:00

We need these. 12 bucks @ Ikea.

After the campout...

2011-08-13T07:40:00.000-07:00

... The boys ate granola and watched cartoons.

Twinsies!

2011-08-10T10:45:00.000-07:00

Tummy Time

2011-07-25T12:23:00.001-07:00

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