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Jun 25 2008 – VID00040 Originally uploaded by scottpartee Adele understands the word “clap” without any visual cue. She can say “mama” and “dada” more or less appropriately, too.

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Jun 26 2008 – VID00047 Originally uploaded by scottpartee Maple likes to play this game where she pretends that she freezes in the middle of what she’s doing—as if she’s been “paused” during playback. I think it’s cute.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_8466, originally uploaded by scottpartee. During a torential downpour, as they say, in Natchez, Mississippi.

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Maple: while looking at her wooden puzzle of the United States. Daddy, what is that animal on top of Portland, Oregon? Daddy: It looks like some kind of hawk. Maple: It must be a beercoffee hawk.

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Post Bath Songs from scottpartee on Vimeo.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Laternefest, originally uploaded by scottpartee. “Ich gehe mit meine Laterne und meine Laterne mit mir.”—traditional song that is sung on Saint Martin’s Day. —- Saint Martin’s Day celebrations at the Parish [...]

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I was bathing Maple—or at least standing there, monitoring the situation,m while she did “swimming” and “odavasun” (something she invented). Maple: Daddy, will you please hand me a wash cloth? Daddy: Sure, sweet girl. Are you going to wash your hair? Maple: No, I’m protesting. Daddy: What? Maple: I need it for protesting. Daddy: Really? [...]

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Everything is going great here in Wien. Personally, I’ve turned the corner. They say that expats typically go through a cycle. There’s a “newness” phase where everything is great and wonderful, then reality sets in that, “damn, it’s hard” to raise kids thousands of miles from any support system one may have had and that, [...]

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Adele Cassyl, originally uploaded by scottpartee. Adele Cassyl Born: September 9, 2007 at 10.02 CET Weight: 3,830 grams (8 lbs, 7 oz) Hospital: Privatklinik Döbling, Vienna, Austria We are pleased to [...]

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Neustiftgasse, originally uploaded by scottpartee. Neustiftgasse, 1070 Wien

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Atop Stephansdom (Saint Stephen’s Cathedral), originally uploaded by scottpartee. Today was Maple’s first day of Kindergarten. I simply can’t go into what we went through to find a spot for her, [...]

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Maple & Sierra Dancing Maple and her cousin Sierra getting down at the MuseumsQuartier. Cuteness unbridled.

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Maple: I don’t feel well? Daddy: What is the matter? Do you want me to take your temperature? Maple: No, I want to go see Doctor Zappointment.

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Sempraable: a word and a state of mind

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