2012 - Theo and Miles

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Theo's First Year

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Easter 2012

This was by far the best Easter (weather wise) that we've had since living in Seattle. We went to an Easter Egg hunt and brunch at the New Castle golf club on a hill overlooking Seattle.

Pinkerton Design Studio Sale

Some photos from Pinkerton's inventory close out sale. Was the first time Pinkerton was open to the public (probably last too). We had a nice turn out and Theo was an excellent (and patient) helper:

Theo's new house part 1

Theo's new house part 2

Theo's new house part 3

Easter Egg Tree: Just like Mom used to make.

Except now they make fancy gold eggs.

And we used a magnolia tree. Perfect size, weird spot. Hard to get a nice shot- tried to crop out the cloudy day, the chain link fence, the trash cans, Jay's car with 2 flat tires. Note the lack of blue eggs, Theo kept all the blue ones inside to play with.

Theo gets a call on his egg phone. Note the California Science Museum sticker is still on his jacket. I finally pulled it off the other night, but stashed it somewhere in case he remembers and freaks out.

do it again

three magic words on Theo's third and latest trip to the summit for some tubing. he uttered thim after our first ride down the hill together. Big improvement from the first trip last year which ended in cold feet and crying and from the second trip earlier this winter which ended when just one ride down the hill was enough. after 2 or 3 rides down together, and with encouragement from Lillian who at just 2 requested to go by herself, he was ready to go by himself. the highlight was still hot chocolate in the lodge after a good 90 minutes on the hill. some footage:

YOGA!

This is not an April Fool's Day joke, I am actually posting to our blog. It's only taken a year. Don't worry, we did not do anything interesting over the past 11 months.

There has been a lot of yoga around here lately. Here are Theo and Emma doing a kid's yoga video. I think these two should be in some kind of hair commercial.

Another night Theo taught John the tree pose. Which somehow turned into Theo riding on John's back.

theo in new clothes

And the bribe required to get him to wear the article. You be the judge of who is the superior negotiator.
This was a tough one (as his facial expression indicates). After much protest he agreed to try it out with the stipulation that I will buy him an elephant shirt in the future. Not sure when he stopped liking monkeys.

He wanted to go outside and play in the dark, cold, rain. I insisted he wear his ski jacket which is moderately water resistant. He refused. So I negotiated a trip the Green Wood Market if he would wear his jacket outside.
This didn't require much actually. I think this jacket has officially entered the rotation. Nice picture though.

captain Theo

he likes the boat!

a sharing kind of guy

more visitors!

Whitney and Alana made a last minute trip to visit us this weekend. All went well aside from Theo being a little under the weather (can you tell in this picture?) and some confusion over Whitney's name. He's got it down now. Here we are posing for a "mom shot."And Theo reluctantly riding the Pike Place Market Pig. He was seconds from breaking down in this shot:

Happy Easter!

Theo loves the Easter Bunny. He first saw him at the mall with Kathleen. Then we went back to the mall a few days later, and he wanted to see if he was still there. He actually wanted to sit on his lap, waited patiently to do so, and thought it was fantastic. He told me he was not going to smile, however, and pretty much stuck to his word.

soccer rocker

Theo got to play under the big lights tonight at Qwest Field where the Seahawks and Sounders play (MSFT had an internal soccer tournament). He was far more interested in golf cart than the soccer balls of course. Yes, the blue fleece is still obligatory.

The Blue Fleece

Scroll down a bit. Notice anything? Like a whole lot of that blue fleece jacket? Theo will not wear anything else, and will not take it off anywhere we go, until we are back at home. He will only wear a sweater if we assure him it will be covered immediately by The Blue Fleece. Those tubing shots? The Blue Fleece is under there. Expect to see more of it, as he's still got plenty of room to grow in there. I am sure we'll see it all summer long, with his swimming suit at the wading pool.

February in Seattle?

You wouldn't know it.
From Cap Sante (Anacortes, WA) with views of Mt. Baker & the Cascades:

The Chamelia in our front yard:

Throwing rocks into the Sound at Carkeek Park Saturday with Olympics (not the event) in full view:

Theo tubing

And clearly having the time of his life:



We got one run in before a foot/boot problem put an end to it. He didn't hate the ride but wasn't thrilled about it either. He much preferred looking at the tractors, snow plows, and buses in the parking lot and was definitely more at home with a PB & J in a high chair at the Issaqua Brew House. Great outing though and he says he wants to do it again so we will try again.
The Summit at Snoqualmie Tubing Center:

Getting ready to go with Grant Sloan

Theo biking!

After many months of thiking and talking about his new bike, he finally decided it was time to ride it. He seemed to love it.