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Just call me … Will?

July 10th, 2008 · Comments Off

Here’s a good-looking Will Richardson, expounding on the benefits of the Tetratrike. What a handsome guy, but he looks familiar …

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LI Beach House vacation

July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off

We had a blast during our beach house vacation on Long Island’s North Fork. See the gallery for more.

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Do you really listen?

July 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

According to the clicktools product, I do. Maybe my wife would disagree, though.

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Webkinz birthday party

June 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

Son celebrated his sixth birthday with a Webkinz-themed party. We had various activities based on Webkinz games. Kids decorated name necklaces for their own Webkinz. The Wheel of Wow was built by a friend for a block party and repurposed as a Wheel of Wow. Dart balloons became a series of balloons with kinzcash inside that the kids sat on. Wacky Zingos involved hitting a Zingo toy on a tee. Gem hunt involved decorative stones hidden in aluminum foil and hidden in the front yard. These were redeemed for homemade Kinzcash, and at the end of the part, favors were “sold” for Kinzcash. The birthday cake was made in the shape of a Wheel of Wow; it was a 2-layer cake with WOW decorated on the top. More photos in the gallery.

Kinzcash Templates

My contribution was to make the Kinzcash. You can download PDF’s of the files I used to print the kinzcash. The sheets are 10-up so that you can cut 10 bills per sheet. Photocopy them on colored paper, a different color for each denomination. Download one kinzcash bills, five kinzcash bills, and ten kinzcash bills.

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Dancing Daughter

June 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Daughter’s recital was yesterday, after son’s t-ball game.

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T-ball

June 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Son’s last t-ball game of the year was today.

Son gets a hit!

Facing off with the first baseman.

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Daughter

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

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Hummingbird

June 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m quite excited by the presence of hummingbirds at our feeder. There are at least two individuals, both females. I saw two of them feeding at the same time this evening.

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Son graduates kindergarten

June 16th, 2008 · Comments Off

Son graduated from Kindergarten tonight. The class put on a little presentation, which of course was not complete without a rendition of “it’s a grand old flag.”

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Hummingbird

June 15th, 2008 · Comments Off

The wife put up a hummingbird feeder. I was sure that we would not get any hummingbirds where we live. I was wrong.

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