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My friend, Olivia…

Maybe you have found yourself wondering why I post pictures every time I babysit our friend’s daughter. Why should you care? The thing is… hey, I haven’t had a thing for a while… I love that kid… she melts my … Continue reading

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Please don’t tell me there is a gorilla standing behind me…

Well, there is, Olivia, but it isn’t a real one…

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Mom! I want to go climb on stuff!!!

Yes… I’ll be careful… I can finally take a few minutes to relax… Maybe have something to eat… Mom! I’m hungry! Can I have some of that? Gimme some! Thanks, mom… Watching kids is the same, no matter what kind … Continue reading

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Even the tiger had to admit that Olivia’s ‘tiger face’ was better than his tiger face…

He was totally jealous… He was actually pacing back and forth at the top of the enclosure, smelling the fence. It turns out that he has a brother, and the zoo has been separating them  for part of the day, … Continue reading

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Well, I told you I took Olivia to the zoo the other day… (featuring a cute baby monkey and an adorable little human)…

And I told you I took a lot of pictures… And you know I like monkeys so much that I wrote and illustrated a children’s book called ‘I Like Monkeys’… still available in the links over there on the right … Continue reading

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Some pictures of Olivia while I explain why I have to go away on yet another adventure…

So… things are getting confusing around here… it is turning into a photo blog… I am only half way through all the pictures of the recent visit by our English relatives, now I have pictures of my two days babysitting … Continue reading

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We interrupt the regularly scheduled posts about our visiting English relatives for cute kid pics…

A pair of squishy faces!!! So I have spent the last two days at my babysitting job with our friends’ daughter, little Olivia. I took her to the aquarium here in San Diego, and my wife joined us there. Man, … Continue reading

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Yay… I figured out how to get some pictures into my posts on the new laptop…

So there is my little babysitting buddy, Olivia, giving us her: ‘Yeah, I’m smart’ look… And there is her patented: ‘whatever’ look… And my personal favorite: ‘squishy face!!!’  

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Time to say goodbye to my cousins… and their weird cats…

These are the last pictures of my days staying with my cousins in Santa Cruz, helping out with the baby… and playing with Clark. That kid has so much energy. He never stops moving. There is my Cousin, Mallorie… Clark … Continue reading

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We interrupt these pictures of cute kids to… uh… bring you pictures of a different cute kid…

I got to babysit my little buddy Olivia again today. Oh man, she was adorable. Her mom said she had to go to work, so Olivia waved at her and said: “bye, momma”… while her mom was still holding her… … Continue reading

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