Category Archives: Sparty

The Sparts

Above – Say cheese!

Look at those curls! Sparty loves having his hair brushed.

Can you spot the curls in this music class group photo?

Now this is pretty darn cute. A must watch to put a smile on your face.

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Good Morning Hogan!

Above & below – Friday night bathtime with Amma.

The kids got to try out some new bath toys I bought. Too bad you can’t see them (the toys, that is).

The Sparts is always ready to say “cheese!”

Hogan came out of hibernation Saturday. Ziggy hadn’t met him yet and was (& still is) quite curious. I think we’ll need to provide some supervision for a while.

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Maya gets another haircut

Above – another blooming orchid in the yard. I love the deep rich color. I think the yard is loving El Nino. But wait, are we really having an El Nino?

Maya loves to have her hair washed. I think she’s studying her hairdresser’s nose ring and wondering how one would look in her own nose …

It’s all dimples …

Sparty didn’t get a haircut but playing in the car was sure fun! We won’t talk about the tantrum he had when it was time to leave. A little distraction with the toy box he got to choose from took care of that.

All done. No more hair in the eyes.

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The Zoo (again)

Above – Before the bus ride. Yes, we actually paid (a LOT) for this photo, but the money goes to a good cause.

Below, on the bus ride. No, it’s not true that only fat people ride the bus. Amma and Pappa gladly gave in when Maya asked if we could ride the bus, and we even got to sit on the upper deck. We hadn’t taken the bus in a long time and I’m glad we did. We got to see many animals and it was very informative. The kids loved it.

Everyone needs to put their finger in the gorilla’s nose at some point in their life. We encourage it every time!

In the parking lot … “Look for the pink flamingo and the number 1.” There it is!!

For those of you who’ve asked how Evan’s doing, this morning he posted on his blog (first time in well over a year) with an update. Here’s the link if you’d like to check it out. If the link isn’t active, simply cut and paste it into your browser.
http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2f2e417cfa17637a801e1bbe0&id=6a908dd9fe&e=5ddeb1f92d

I had a great time with Sparty at music this morning. He’s doing really good there – dancing, clapping, playing instruments. Now blogging while Maya is at ‘nastics. We forgot to pick up her ‘nastics backpack when we picked her up from school so we ended up buying her yet another leotard. I’ve got to admit, she looks adorable in it! Here she is with Pappa on her drink break.

I think I need to keep a spare leotard in my car … Seriously.

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When Pigs Fly

Above – Kando is 7 months old.

Below – Alo and Kando show off their Easter craft projects.

Below – Selfie with Ziggy the day after his entropion surgery. Entropion is an abnormality of the eyelids in which the eyelid “rolls” inward. This inward rolling often causes the hair on the surface of the eyelid to rub against the cornea (outer part of the eyeball) resulting in pain, corneal ulcers or corneal erosions. He had the surgery before we rescued him, but the right eye was still rubbing so he needed to have it again. We thought the vet would only be doing the right eye, but when we picked him up both eyes had been done again. What you see in this picture is the left eye which has 2 stitches. The right eye has 3 stitches. The surgery is similar to that of a face lift and not as bad as I thought it would be. Ziggy’s taking it like a champ!

Last Wednesday after ‘nastics Maya enjoys a bowl of popcorn she helped make with our new popcorn popper that we bought just for the grandkids. It’s way cool. It’s got a crank you have to turn the entire time the popcorn is cooking (Maya’s job), so there’s a lot of interaction. Next time we’ll get photos during the cooking process. BTW, she ate that whole bowl. Sorry Ron & Jen if she didn’t eat her dinner that night!

We had Maya & Sparty for a few hours yesterday. This is what they had for dinner. They pretty much put away all of it (except the salad, of course). The cheesy garlic bread (left over from lunch at Pizza Nova) was a hit!

Below, bathing in the big bathtub upstairs with the air bubbles on. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before, but this bathtub is perfect for them.

Me: “Don’t drink the bath water because you never know who pee’d in it.”

Maya: “I did & you do not want to drink my pee. You do NOT.”

This pig flew to the credit union last week full of quarters, dimes and nickels. It was pretty heavy, and I thought maybe there’d be about $200 worth of coins. Well, the credit union didn’t have a coin counting machine so Bruce sat for 3 hours yesterday rolling them (while watching Bat Masterson and/or John Wayne or something of the sort) and got a whopping $113.60 out of it, which included the coins in the plastic cup Bill saved for the kids. We’ll split it up 4 ways and make deposits for the grandkids and start all over again. When pigs fly …

I received word yesterday that my dearest and best friend of 24 years got bad news from recent scans after finding out 2 years ago that he has stage 4 lung cancer. Please hold him in your thoughts and prayers as he continues with more aggressive treatment to get this beast under control.

Never take your loved ones for granted and let them know you love them always. I love you all.

More “Cheese”

Above – Sparty smiling at the prospect of perhaps joining the Station 22 team when he grows up!

A stop at Von’s after Music to pick up some Red Rooster Hot Sauce. The Sparts doesn’t have a problem smiling anytime for a photo. At the time he was unaware he was about to experience Amma’s Wild Toad Shopping Cart Ride which he survived … & so did all the other shoppers!

Pappa’s the caboose.

Bear-Z says cheese with her ears back.

Little does Ziggy know, he’s on his way to the vet for his second entropion surgery. He’d already had the surgery on both eyes but his right eye needed some more trimming. When we picked him up late yesterday the vet re-did both eyes. Poor little guy. He’ll be recovering for 10-14 days and he’ll hopefully get his stitches out next Friday.