<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318</id><updated>2011-07-30T19:40:03.858-07:00</updated><category term='art class in Brooklyn'/><category term='Fall &apos;07'/><title type='text'>Hers and History</title><subtitle type='html'>Mostly visual foray into the lives of Sylvie and Rowan, with the occasional word here and there.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>60</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1180796701032356709</id><published>2009-05-03T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T13:20:29.142-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rainy Day Fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Yet another rainy day in Brooklyn so we decided to take charge and venture out. Morning coffee/tea/grape juice at South Side and then off to jump in some puddles and chase some bubbles. Lots of soaking-wet fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While at South Side, Sylvie decided she had to use their potty. Her first reaction when walking into any public restroom, no matter the condition of it, is invariably-with complete sincerity, "Oh, this is a beauuuuuuutiful bathroom." Restaurants, coffee shops, the 9th St. playground restrooms, they're all beautiful to Sylvie. Wonderfully optimistic or poor taste - you decide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Sf35zJBX4HI/AAAAAAAAAt4/QQwkc_zjv2s/s1600-h/rainyday.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Sf35zJBX4HI/AAAAAAAAAt4/QQwkc_zjv2s/s400/rainyday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331692190866858098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Sf364OsvOGI/AAAAAAAAAuA/7gHNaXu-Pw8/s1600-h/photo%283%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Sf364OsvOGI/AAAAAAAAAuA/7gHNaXu-Pw8/s400/photo%283%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331693377801893986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try 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Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Sf35zJBX4HI/AAAAAAAAAt4/QQwkc_zjv2s/s72-c/rainyday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-6578767627129846545</id><published>2009-05-02T21:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T22:00:25.504-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Dinner with Sylvie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-8d9b24c7bc5c6f1a" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1901538379215468326</id><published>2009-03-24T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T19:49:06.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Springtime (almost) in the Park</title><content type='html'>At the first (albeit subtle) hint of spring we met up with Dave, Clio and Eleri in Prospect Park. Balls were kicked. Wood piles were climbed. Sticks were coveted. And confiscated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All signs of good things to come once the weather finally breaks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Scman4vrZ2I/AAAAAAAAAtw/XpckjO-CQcY/s1600-h/IMG_3658.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Scman4vrZ2I/AAAAAAAAAtw/XpckjO-CQcY/s1600-h/IMG_3658.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Scman4vrZ2I/AAAAAAAAAtw/XpckjO-CQcY/s400/IMG_3658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316950845125519202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/ScmanYlFMzI/AAAAAAAAAto/NRchKeTKzJo/s1600-h/IMG_3629.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/ScmanYlFMzI/AAAAAAAAAto/NRchKeTKzJo/s400/IMG_3629.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316950836491137842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Scmam9LZP5I/AAAAAAAAAtg/0JxHzCvv_e4/s1600-h/IMG_3665.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Scmam9LZP5I/AAAAAAAAAtg/0JxHzCvv_e4/s400/IMG_3665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316950829135642514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/ScmammDgFbI/AAAAAAAAAtY/Ilkaq-9XrhY/s1600-h/IMG_3650.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/ScmammDgFbI/AAAAAAAAAtY/Ilkaq-9XrhY/s400/IMG_3650.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316950822928520626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/ScmamQ28H7I/AAAAAAAAAtQ/jpkv3j2KjzQ/s1600-h/IMG_3669.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/ScmamQ28H7I/AAAAAAAAAtQ/jpkv3j2KjzQ/s400/IMG_3669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316950817238687666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-1901538379215468326?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/1901538379215468326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=1901538379215468326' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1901538379215468326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1901538379215468326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2009/03/springtime-almost-in-park.html' title='Springtime (almost) in the Park'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Scman4vrZ2I/AAAAAAAAAtw/XpckjO-CQcY/s72-c/IMG_3658.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-210638181209949218</id><published>2009-03-08T18:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T19:37:02.085-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sylvie's First Trip to MoMA</title><content type='html'>While April's Saturdays are taken up with her new freelance gig, Sylvie and her dad are exploring new ways to keep out of her hair. The latest became Sylvie's first trip to MoMA (Museum of Modern Art). There's a new kids program on Saturday mornings which, very typical for NYC, was soldout long before it even began. But they have a workshop area that is free and pretty much open. Some very cool activities including a rubberband/peg wall, magnets, blocks, etch-a-sketches and all kinds of drawing tools. John and Riley joined us for a good time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another great aspect of this area is that's it's conveniently connected directly to the second floor of MoMA-proper, which you can wander into, by complete accident of course, without paying. Luckily for Sylvie, her mother's moral compass points a little straighter than her fathers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few pics from the day. Definitely recommend it. The sculpture garden is a great place to get some of the energy out. 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cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SbR-9ijPPbI/AAAAAAAAArw/6Vw8ILjoSqo/s400/IMG_0803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311009456288382386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SbR-9k9QwYI/AAAAAAAAAro/NkZwk8_SygU/s1600-h/IMG_0804.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SbR-9k9QwYI/AAAAAAAAAro/NkZwk8_SygU/s400/IMG_0804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311009456934404482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SbR-9ZhcNYI/AAAAAAAAArg/nSrLuI3JIqM/s1600-h/IMG_0806.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SbR-9ZhcNYI/AAAAAAAAArg/nSrLuI3JIqM/s400/IMG_0806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311009453864924546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-210638181209949218?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/210638181209949218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=210638181209949218' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/210638181209949218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/210638181209949218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2009/03/sylvies-first-trip-to-moma.html' title='Sylvie&apos;s First Trip to MoMA'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SbSADoO33GI/AAAAAAAAAtI/_oxNI7hjaMg/s72-c/IMG_8577.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-4484723915873519841</id><published>2009-03-06T19:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T20:03:21.683-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Grandma!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Happy Birthday Grandma!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a5042f05a73b9255" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da5042f05a73b9255%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6C8B73CCF3D85DEB02A393D7BC2467AFF621E992.7CDCDE2AF28EEC6841ABD7AEB3A7542679DDB523%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da5042f05a73b9255%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DZmuxYChE9BWN9qfOVg5B-M7qf-o&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da5042f05a73b9255%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6C8B73CCF3D85DEB02A393D7BC2467AFF621E992.7CDCDE2AF28EEC6841ABD7AEB3A7542679DDB523%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da5042f05a73b9255%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DZmuxYChE9BWN9qfOVg5B-M7qf-o&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;Love Sylvie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-4484723915873519841?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=a5042f05a73b9255&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/4484723915873519841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=4484723915873519841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4484723915873519841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4484723915873519841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2009/03/happy-birthday-grandma.html' title='Happy Birthday Grandma!'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1125132401923844967</id><published>2009-02-15T14:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T15:40:07.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inauguration</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSJy3R0KI/AAAAAAAAAq4/CM_Xx8WsjN8/s1600-h/IMG_3926.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here are a few images from our trip down to DC for the inauguration of Barack Obama. An historic trip (if not an easy one). Sylvie had a good time in general. zI think history will judge it a unique and incredible trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVPRQTdMI/AAAAAAAAArY/5IB8GFFX6D4/s1600-h/IMG_3922.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVOrp58mI/AAAAAAAAArA/Di40_om-GLU/s1600-h/IMG_3908.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVOrp58mI/AAAAAAAAArA/Di40_om-GLU/s400/IMG_3908.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303152640697954914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVPRQTdMI/AAAAAAAAArY/5IB8GFFX6D4/s1600-h/IMG_3922.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVPRQTdMI/AAAAAAAAArY/5IB8GFFX6D4/s400/IMG_3922.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303152650791122114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSJaMwEQI/AAAAAAAAAqw/RXfgrcgqEAM/s1600-h/IMG_3938.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSJaMwEQI/AAAAAAAAAqw/RXfgrcgqEAM/s400/IMG_3938.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303149251578040578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSJPEFKmI/AAAAAAAAAqo/Vmzaq57DHgs/s1600-h/IMG_8079.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSJPEFKmI/AAAAAAAAAqo/Vmzaq57DHgs/s400/IMG_8079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303149248588884578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSI2pD5PI/AAAAAAAAAqg/-m3nQL6SzIM/s1600-h/IMG_3951.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSI2pD5PI/AAAAAAAAAqg/-m3nQL6SzIM/s400/IMG_3951.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303149242033104114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The crew, from left, Todd, Todd, Suzie, Amanda, Veronica, April, Bryan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSIpLUIFI/AAAAAAAAAqY/GFSHpTtpdrw/s1600-h/IMG_8058.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiSIpLUIFI/AAAAAAAAAqY/GFSHpTtpdrw/s400/IMG_8058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303149238418677842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVPBdD7MI/AAAAAAAAArQ/JoRpKpdpvpE/s1600-h/IMG_3912.JPG"&gt;Sylvie and Will celebrating the day, before and after.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVPBdD7MI/AAAAAAAAArQ/JoRpKpdpvpE/s1600-h/IMG_3912.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVPBdD7MI/AAAAAAAAArQ/JoRpKpdpvpE/s400/IMG_3912.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303152646549662914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;     &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVO9FtvZI/AAAAAAAAArI/x8Fab0BpjLI/s1600-h/IMG_3911.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SZiVO9FtvZI/AAAAAAAAArI/x8Fab0BpjLI/s400/IMG_3911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303152645377998226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sylvie performs her striking rendition of a Bob Marley classic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f675acab42dfdee1" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8387986937828213187</id><published>2008-12-10T19:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T19:30:22.522-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Tree Tradition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SUCJQz8aLqI/AAAAAAAAAp8/NVBYppYqs50/s1600-h/dadsylvieblog1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SUCJQz8aLqI/AAAAAAAAAp8/NVBYppYqs50/s400/dadsylvieblog1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278369685192715938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who goes to see the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center on a cold weekday night with a 2  year old? We do. Why? Tradition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan is very into keeping up traditions and for us, seeing the tree in Rockefeller Center is one of them. We've gone to see the tree every year up until Sylvie was born. This year we decided to share the tradition with her. It was crazy, chaotic and annoying, but Sylvie had fun for the whole 10 minutes we were there. Alas, another family tradition is born.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8387986937828213187?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8387986937828213187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8387986937828213187' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8387986937828213187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8387986937828213187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/12/tree-tradition.html' title='The Tree Tradition'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SUCJQz8aLqI/AAAAAAAAAp8/NVBYppYqs50/s72-c/dadsylvieblog1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-4526802174713038630</id><published>2008-11-27T08:12:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T11:18:18.304-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving!</title><content type='html'>To all our friends and family that we won't see this year, Happy Thanksgiving!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a658097a2848c5a7" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 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href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/4526802174713038630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=4526802174713038630' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4526802174713038630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4526802174713038630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving!'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7533192284653555796</id><published>2008-11-15T17:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T17:42:36.280-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cutie Pie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SR96OYf3-5I/AAAAAAAAAe8/Mp14I2HRNRE/s1600-h/sylviemug.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SR96OYf3-5I/AAAAAAAAAe8/Mp14I2HRNRE/s400/sylviemug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269064476559670162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realized we needed an updated photo of Sylvie for some preschool applications. I was taking some photos of her and while she was talking away, I captured this sweet moment. I'm totally loving her curls these days.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7533192284653555796?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7533192284653555796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7533192284653555796' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7533192284653555796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7533192284653555796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/11/cutie-pie.html' title='Cutie Pie'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SR96OYf3-5I/AAAAAAAAAe8/Mp14I2HRNRE/s72-c/sylviemug.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-6709741412966923755</id><published>2008-11-03T19:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T10:39:56.450-08:00</updated><title type='text'>On the Eve before Election Day</title><content type='html'>It's the night before we can finally cast our votes. Many of us have been working very hard to help get out the vote and soon we will finally know who our next President will be! I don't think I will sleep tonight. I'm full of nervous energy and although all signs point to victory, I can't feel completely at ease. The road ahead will be a long and difficult one, but I still feel a great sense of hope for the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the political talk around our house has definitely rubbed off on Sylvie. Some of it comes from hearing about it 24/7. She now recognizes Barak Obama's voice when she hears it on the radio or tv. She has a genuine excitement about Barak Obama, which no doubt comes from us. She also has a very cute response which we've encouraged along the way. When asked if she likes McCain or Palin, she responds, "Not so much." Here's a little Saturday morning political discussion...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-6709741412966923755?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/6709741412966923755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=6709741412966923755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6709741412966923755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6709741412966923755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/11/on-eve-before-election-day.html' title='On the Eve before Election Day'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7195339415496277522</id><published>2008-11-01T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T19:36:27.210-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQz-nU72i3I/AAAAAAAAAek/oaTYfVck9EU/s1600-h/IMG_6946.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQz-nU72i3I/AAAAAAAAAek/oaTYfVck9EU/s400/IMG_6946.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263862016077368178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Prospect Park in the fall is beautiful. Although we haven't done any traveling this fall, we are lucky be able to experience the changing leaves right here. Sylvie's enjoyed it too!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQ0QpW00N7I/AAAAAAAAAe0/o1feMxvOPDE/s1600-h/IMG_6955.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQ0QpW00N7I/AAAAAAAAAe0/o1feMxvOPDE/s320/IMG_6955.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263881842153764786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie's favorite word this Halloween has been "spooky". Everything is spooky. In fact, my mom was talking to her on the phone the other day and she asked her if our decorations were scary and she said, "no, spooky". There is a difference.&lt;br /&gt;Other funny Sylvieisms I want to mention are:&lt;br /&gt;"I'm sad because I'm crying".&lt;br /&gt;Followed by "See my tears?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When asked who she would vote for, we get an enthusiastic "Brock Obama!"&lt;br /&gt;When asked do you like John McCain or Sarah Palin, she responds, "Not so much". (with no influence from her parents of course).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a great Halloween. It feels like we did a lot since there were so many activities in our neighborhood the weekend before. The carnival in Prospect Park had a real small town feel to it. They had all your traditional games like throw the ball at the milk bottles, spin the wheel, throw the sandbag in the animals mouth, etc. It was perfect for toddlers. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQz6aP3tl0I/AAAAAAAAAeE/WuVmUJKlrO4/s1600-h/IMG_6927.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQz6aP3tl0I/AAAAAAAAAeE/WuVmUJKlrO4/s320/IMG_6927.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263857393333016386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sylvie was so happy walking around with her tickets, deciding which game she would try next. Of course, they always gave her a prize which made it even sweeter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next day we went to the Prospect Park Zoo and Carousel. They also had a spooky Halloween theme, all of which she loved. On Friday, hootenanny had a Halloween disco party which was so packed, we left after about 15 min. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQz5QH6jTgI/AAAAAAAAAd0/6kb1TtobxXI/s1600-h/IMG_6869.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQz5QH6jTgI/AAAAAAAAAd0/6kb1TtobxXI/s320/IMG_6869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263856119887121922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And on Halloween, Sylvie got to be a butterfly. We hosted a party for our friends. Missed the parade again, but it was worth it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7195339415496277522?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7195339415496277522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7195339415496277522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7195339415496277522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7195339415496277522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/11/halloween.html' title='Halloween'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SQz-nU72i3I/AAAAAAAAAek/oaTYfVck9EU/s72-c/IMG_6946.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8391535768251876313</id><published>2008-10-13T11:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T11:39:59.065-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Plain Fall Fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOVBHvK60I/AAAAAAAAAdc/KwD3IV1s1tY/s1600-h/IMG_6644.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOVBHvK60I/AAAAAAAAAdc/KwD3IV1s1tY/s400/IMG_6644.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256709036560804674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our friends Ifor and Kirsty were in town this weekend visiting from London. We hosted a nice brunch for them and celebrated Kirsty's 30th B-day. I must have been busy,  because we don't seem to have any pictures from that day. If anyone has some, please send my way!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also had a nice day at the park yesterday. Bought some delicious tomatoes, apples and pears at the farmers' market on 5th ave. Its nice to have some family time after working on the apartment for so many weeks. The leaves are changing and it's starting to feel like autumn is here!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOUKGyuUvI/AAAAAAAAAdU/Gi4ujJg3_UI/s1600-h/IMG_6650.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOUKGyuUvI/AAAAAAAAAdU/Gi4ujJg3_UI/s400/IMG_6650.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256708091414467314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOTSXDLPaI/AAAAAAAAAdE/Pimm4msUWfE/s1600-h/IMG_6639.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOTSXDLPaI/AAAAAAAAAdE/Pimm4msUWfE/s320/IMG_6639.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256707133705764258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOToYV6pAI/AAAAAAAAAdM/CXz2Nc5jwMc/s1600-h/IMG_6640.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 237px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOToYV6pAI/AAAAAAAAAdM/CXz2Nc5jwMc/s320/IMG_6640.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256707512009925634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOVZfdTxuI/AAAAAAAAAdk/DqLSrll9DyQ/s1600-h/IMG_6641.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOVZfdTxuI/AAAAAAAAAdk/DqLSrll9DyQ/s320/IMG_6641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256709455245199074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8391535768251876313?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8391535768251876313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8391535768251876313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8391535768251876313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8391535768251876313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-plain-fall-fun.html' title='Just Plain Fall Fun'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SPOVBHvK60I/AAAAAAAAAdc/KwD3IV1s1tY/s72-c/IMG_6644.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-281750482894920216</id><published>2008-10-09T19:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T11:47:54.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Climbing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SO6_bSFc77I/AAAAAAAAAc0/AMB4QVpGgBQ/s1600-h/IMG_6610.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SO6_bSFc77I/AAAAAAAAAc0/AMB4QVpGgBQ/s400/IMG_6610.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255348290620026802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie has been really into climbing lately. For a child who was a bit challenged in the mobility department early on (we think mainly due to her lovely big belly), she's really come a long way. Her latest achievement is climbing up the biggest ladder at 9th Street that leads to the spiral slide. This ladder is particularly challenging because it goes from climbing straight up to a curve where you walk as though you are just holding on to a handrail. It's high and I got a little nervous the first few times she did it. Now that she's got that ladder down, I've noticed she wants to practice her climbing skills everywhere, including places she really shouldn't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here she is getting busted climbing on the couch. I guess by her expression, she thought it was worth getting caught.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-281750482894920216?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/281750482894920216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=281750482894920216' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/281750482894920216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/281750482894920216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/10/climbing.html' title='Climbing'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SO6_bSFc77I/AAAAAAAAAc0/AMB4QVpGgBQ/s72-c/IMG_6610.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-2070771900805026498</id><published>2008-10-05T20:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-05T20:57:49.398-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nana &amp; Papa Come to Brooklyn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmHJOuX8VI/AAAAAAAAAbk/EBs2WytU56c/s1600-h/IMG_6558.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmHJOuX8VI/AAAAAAAAAbk/EBs2WytU56c/s320/IMG_6558.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253879032945570130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My parents, Sylvie's Nana and Papa stayed with us this past weekend. It was a big deal since they are the first to stay with us with our new place pretty much done. It finally feels like our place and it was nice to share it with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie had an amazing time with her grandparents. It was as if no time had really passed since she last saw them, even though it has been about 3 months. I could see the excitement in her eyes when they arrived. For weeks she has been talking about showing them her new room!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday morning we went to the playground and grabbed some pizza for lunch. I often go to the playground and see other grandparents playing with their grandchildren and long for Sylvie to have that. There is a special pride I can't describe when you see your parents interacting with your child and discovering all the things you think are so special about them. It is so much better than just telling them about it. I could tell Sylvie was proud to show them how she can climb the chain ladder and go down the spiral slide all by herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKxDBPqkI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Haw7G0Juylc/s1600-h/IMG_6527.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKxDBPqkI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Haw7G0Juylc/s200/IMG_6527.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253883015533144642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmK7Qmy_HI/AAAAAAAAAck/q9RjzjoNSUg/s1600-h/IMG_6529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmK7Qmy_HI/AAAAAAAAAck/q9RjzjoNSUg/s200/IMG_6529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253883190979001458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan met us after work at Cafe Steinoff for dinner. We were all in the mood for some serious comfort food with the autumn chill in the air. Later that night, Bryan and I took advantage of the available babysitters and went to IKEA for a late night date.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKUock6XI/AAAAAAAAAcM/GpvXg44eOtQ/s1600-h/IMG_6538.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKUock6XI/AAAAAAAAAcM/GpvXg44eOtQ/s200/IMG_6538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253882527363688818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Saturday we went to Red Hook ball fields at the request of my parents. They heard about the amazing Latin American food vendors there. Totally great discovery. The food is great and inexpensive. I personally loved the pork and cheese Pupusas, fried plantains and the grilled corn on a stick (with everything including chili which is HOT)! &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmIkPVlUUI/AAAAAAAAAbs/t5zMvODqQyM/s1600-h/IMG_6534.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmIkPVlUUI/AAAAAAAAAbs/t5zMvODqQyM/s320/IMG_6534.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253880596478120258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you haven't been you should go, but go soon since I think they are only there through October. Got to watch some soccer too.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmI2pCDBjI/AAAAAAAAAb0/1a69trEs6O8/s1600-h/IMG_6540.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmI2pCDBjI/AAAAAAAAAb0/1a69trEs6O8/s320/IMG_6540.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253880912613148210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://events.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/dining/reviews/23unde.html"&gt;http://events.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/dining/reviews/23unde.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We continued our tour of Brooklyn's finest with a trip to Fairway. That night, Bryan and I tried to go to a movie but they were sold out so we went to Beer Table instead while Nana and Papa put Sylvie to bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmLz074NaI/AAAAAAAAAcs/QvNy1k-5z6Q/s1600-h/IMG_6572.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmLz074NaI/AAAAAAAAAcs/QvNy1k-5z6Q/s200/IMG_6572.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253884162803774882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sunday we made a great breakfast and home followed by a trip to the Children's Museum. This is the perfect place to go on a rainy day, or any day for that matter. Sylvie was completely overwhelmed in a good way and totally stimulated. There is so much to do there and it is free on the weekends if you get there before 11 am!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brooklynkids.org/"&gt;http://www.brooklynkids.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKjxOY5AI/AAAAAAAAAcU/ldPeLan62PQ/s1600-h/IMG_6590.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKjxOY5AI/AAAAAAAAAcU/ldPeLan62PQ/s200/IMG_6590.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253882787418137602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie carved a pumpkin, sang some karaoke, and read lots of stories with Nana &amp;amp; Papa. It doesn't get much better than that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKKDaBZ6I/AAAAAAAAAcE/oloHBFOQl6g/s1600-h/IMG_6511.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmKKDaBZ6I/AAAAAAAAAcE/oloHBFOQl6g/s200/IMG_6511.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253882345622169506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-2070771900805026498?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/2070771900805026498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=2070771900805026498' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2070771900805026498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2070771900805026498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/10/nana-papa-come-to-brooklyn.html' title='Nana &amp; Papa Come to Brooklyn'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOmHJOuX8VI/AAAAAAAAAbk/EBs2WytU56c/s72-c/IMG_6558.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-902431154761746493</id><published>2008-10-01T10:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T17:00:27.849-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random pic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOQOnpFVscI/AAAAAAAAAbc/Fde2V2-3bTM/s1600-h/IMG_5614bwrev.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOQOnpFVscI/AAAAAAAAAbc/Fde2V2-3bTM/s320/IMG_5614bwrev.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252339139626774978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I came across this photo from when we were painting the new place. I just love it. It's so soft and serene. It's one of those serious moments that you don't think toddlers typically have.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-902431154761746493?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/902431154761746493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=902431154761746493' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/902431154761746493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/902431154761746493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/10/random-pic.html' title='Random pic'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SOQOnpFVscI/AAAAAAAAAbc/Fde2V2-3bTM/s72-c/IMG_5614bwrev.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7013355333119521033</id><published>2008-09-23T18:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T19:01:10.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First day of School</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmfS-ElO7I/AAAAAAAAAbU/OypQaubrlBs/s1600-h/IMG_6369.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmfS-ElO7I/AAAAAAAAAbU/OypQaubrlBs/s320/IMG_6369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249401988925701042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie had her first day of school last Tuesday.  We organized a co-op preschool/playgroup of sorts with some mom's in our neighborhood. Sylvie totally loves it and looks forward to going every week. Here are some photos from her first day, including one with the star she and the other kids received from their teacher. That night, she couldn't wait to show her dad and tell him about her day at school! So cute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmePmFiWPI/AAAAAAAAAbM/fQbxAGA3MbQ/s1600-h/IMG_6389.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmePmFiWPI/AAAAAAAAAbM/fQbxAGA3MbQ/s320/IMG_6389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249400831436019954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7013355333119521033?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7013355333119521033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7013355333119521033' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7013355333119521033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7013355333119521033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-day-of-school.html' title='First day of School'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmfS-ElO7I/AAAAAAAAAbU/OypQaubrlBs/s72-c/IMG_6369.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8050476958316031267</id><published>2008-09-23T18:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-23T18:34:56.223-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Get Down!" "No!"</title><content type='html'>I guess best friends are liable to have a falling out at one point or another. Sylvie climbed into Zoe's fancy new stroller while we were hanging out in the park. Zoe didn't like it and thus began the battle of words. "Get Down!"..."No!" went on for several minutes and luckily we were able to capture a few seconds of it. It ended with a few moments of silence and a "Hi" from Zoe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-4fe5bdf048fc04b2" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4fe5bdf048fc04b2%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6D42D836A6BDFDD31AA1790415744BDC3203CA01.23445F94DE06B0C56AF5D481B62FDCCC9CD2F755%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4fe5bdf048fc04b2%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DrQSuDj7td5LpVhpr7LYaZC_2zfI&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4fe5bdf048fc04b2%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6D42D836A6BDFDD31AA1790415744BDC3203CA01.23445F94DE06B0C56AF5D481B62FDCCC9CD2F755%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4fe5bdf048fc04b2%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DrQSuDj7td5LpVhpr7LYaZC_2zfI&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have no fear, the feud was over quickly and the bff's were walking hand and hand once again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmYupN3jfI/AAAAAAAAAa0/yy9kHDBKIak/s1600-h/IMG_6278.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmYupN3jfI/AAAAAAAAAa0/yy9kHDBKIak/s400/IMG_6278.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249394767782448626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmZKFuIA0I/AAAAAAAAAa8/Bi29CDPO_hM/s1600-h/IMG_6279.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmZKFuIA0I/AAAAAAAAAa8/Bi29CDPO_hM/s400/IMG_6279.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249395239290405698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8050476958316031267?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=4fe5bdf048fc04b2&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8050476958316031267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8050476958316031267' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8050476958316031267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8050476958316031267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/09/get-down-no.html' title='&quot;Get Down!&quot; &quot;No!&quot;'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SNmYupN3jfI/AAAAAAAAAa0/yy9kHDBKIak/s72-c/IMG_6278.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-2163634876752120126</id><published>2008-09-09T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T12:19:09.488-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hawaiian Dress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMbL3tXyIFI/AAAAAAAAAas/i1OYCxV_e2k/s1600-h/Hawaiiandancelores.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMbL3tXyIFI/AAAAAAAAAas/i1OYCxV_e2k/s400/Hawaiiandancelores.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244102974052114514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jasmine brought back this adorable dress from Hawaii for Sylvie and she got to strut her stuff in it the other night at Kris's birthday party. She was feeling pretty confident in it and was posing like she was America's next top model. Granted, she decided not to nap that day, but her unruly attitude added to the party atmosphere!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-2163634876752120126?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/2163634876752120126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=2163634876752120126' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2163634876752120126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2163634876752120126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/09/hawaiian-dress.html' title='Hawaiian Dress'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMbL3tXyIFI/AAAAAAAAAas/i1OYCxV_e2k/s72-c/Hawaiiandancelores.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8498175838804985557</id><published>2008-09-07T19:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-07T21:15:36.609-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The End of Summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSgQN2tBMI/AAAAAAAAAaE/Y33AdjzlbPc/s1600-h/CIMG0720.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSgQN2tBMI/AAAAAAAAAaE/Y33AdjzlbPc/s320/CIMG0720.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243492066623554754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" &gt;Sylvie resting on Papa &amp;amp; Nana's boat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSeyjmmkxI/AAAAAAAAAZc/lkbLNOx-ZE4/s1600-h/CIMG0793.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSeyjmmkxI/AAAAAAAAAZc/lkbLNOx-ZE4/s320/CIMG0793.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243490457553900306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, looks like our blissful summer is just about over and I have about a bizillion photographs that I have finally downloaded from our cameras. We had a pretty amazing summer spending 2 weeks in Western NY and a week in the Adirondacks with my family. Sylvie got to experience a lot of new things and develop new relationships with friends like Sophie and her cousins Jordan, Olivia, Adam and baby Zachary. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlcVnTnVI/AAAAAAAAAac/es8lB70hfc8/s1600-h/IMG_5899.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlcVnTnVI/AAAAAAAAAac/es8lB70hfc8/s320/IMG_5899.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243497772423028050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSeerB2SXI/AAAAAAAAAZU/xMuOgR_uKkw/s1600-h/CIMG0375.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSeerB2SXI/AAAAAAAAAZU/xMuOgR_uKkw/s200/CIMG0375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243490115949840754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSdD88QQUI/AAAAAAAAAY0/iH2SJc787Xc/s1600-h/CIMG0521.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSdD88QQUI/AAAAAAAAAY0/iH2SJc787Xc/s200/CIMG0521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243488557390119234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSfgrVtixI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/zz3u6leLYSE/s1600-h/CIMG0740.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSfgrVtixI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/zz3u6leLYSE/s200/CIMG0740.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243491249904519954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSfXAUAzYI/AAAAAAAAAZs/E_ot2dBrrR0/s1600-h/CIMG0731.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSfXAUAzYI/AAAAAAAAAZs/E_ot2dBrrR0/s200/CIMG0731.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243491083735846274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to admit, it was nice to be able to drive everywhere enjoy boat rides on the Niagara River. Sylvie got to do a lot of swimming in Uncle Mike's pool, went to the Zoo with Marisa, U. Mike, Jordan and Olivia and had a ball playing with Grandma and Granny.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlh4JLpQI/AAAAAAAAAak/vg5xam2bZjo/s1600-h/CIMG0590.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlh4JLpQI/AAAAAAAAAak/vg5xam2bZjo/s320/CIMG0590.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243497867591263490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sylvie loved being on Papa &amp;amp; Nana's boat, so I guess there is a little of me in her afterall.  And  how she loved picking fresh veggies from Nana's &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSfwa08pJI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/BtQkyniPzdg/s1600-h/CIMG0757.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSfwa08pJI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/BtQkyniPzdg/s320/CIMG0757.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243491520350037138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;garden!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSdwSeJTVI/AAAAAAAAAZE/ZtCJPq1lRw4/s1600-h/CIMG0700.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSdwSeJTVI/AAAAAAAAAZE/ZtCJPq1lRw4/s320/CIMG0700.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243489319083658578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSb5aFXjUI/AAAAAAAAAYc/OlEeToJW4ik/s1600-h/CIMG0681.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSb5aFXjUI/AAAAAAAAAYc/OlEeToJW4ik/s320/CIMG0681.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243487276722785602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSe8k5K-CI/AAAAAAAAAZk/8FAIv9b1a_k/s1600-h/CIMG0730.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSe8k5K-CI/AAAAAAAAAZk/8FAIv9b1a_k/s320/CIMG0730.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243490629698910242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; She also got to visit Castellani Art Museum where I worked all through college. It was fun to share that with her.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSd9YyI7gI/AAAAAAAAAZM/a9RgNiXeqR8/s1600-h/CIMG0795.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSd9YyI7gI/AAAAAAAAAZM/a9RgNiXeqR8/s200/CIMG0795.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243489544116432386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our new house is still a work in progress, but it is finally starting to feel like our place. We are excited about all the good things to come this autumn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie has really grown this summer. She is such an amazing person. She's so funny and loving. I love to see her change and grow everyday. Here are some of our favorite moments from summer 2008:&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMScaF02DeI/AAAAAAAAAYk/4q50jo3OZEs/s1600-h/CIMG0472.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMScaF02DeI/AAAAAAAAAYk/4q50jo3OZEs/s200/CIMG0472.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243487838220455394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMScyKydJ3I/AAAAAAAAAYs/GUBHbKO9m_s/s1600-h/CIMG0797.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMScyKydJ3I/AAAAAAAAAYs/GUBHbKO9m_s/s200/CIMG0797.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243488251869472626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlVmqfA2I/AAAAAAAAAaU/HDhO3SMmJn8/s1600-h/lores1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlVmqfA2I/AAAAAAAAAaU/HDhO3SMmJn8/s320/lores1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243497656740676450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlLayU5AI/AAAAAAAAAaM/bypOjIreSq8/s1600-h/IMG_5887.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSlLayU5AI/AAAAAAAAAaM/bypOjIreSq8/s320/IMG_5887.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243497481753650178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8498175838804985557?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8498175838804985557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8498175838804985557' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8498175838804985557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8498175838804985557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/09/end-of-summer.html' title='The End of Summer'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SMSgQN2tBMI/AAAAAAAAAaE/Y33AdjzlbPc/s72-c/CIMG0720.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1850942787513611391</id><published>2008-07-30T13:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T14:14:38.442-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Big Move &amp; Summer Upstate</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDTKP3WjbI/AAAAAAAAAX0/oRNgft-UaCM/s1600-h/IMG_5714.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDTKP3WjbI/AAAAAAAAAX0/oRNgft-UaCM/s320/IMG_5714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228911340387995058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;sylvie dancing at our old apt. the day we moved out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;What a whirlwind the last few weeks have been! We successfully moved from our place on Prospect Park West to our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt; new home. It was a busy time with all the pac&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;king, moving and interview by the NY Times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last time we saw the new apartment it looked like this. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDW3JZQ4wI/AAAAAAAAAYE/J1ndgekVMRA/s1600-h/IMG_5787.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDW3JZQ4wI/AAAAAAAAAYE/J1ndgekVMRA/s320/IMG_5787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228915410280178434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDWEM4OhMI/AAAAAAAAAX8/qgD73EKScUI/s1600-h/IMG_5758.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDWEM4OhMI/AAAAAAAAAX8/qgD73EKScUI/s320/IMG_5758.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228914535042024642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;I am looking forward to getting back to help Bryan sort everything out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Two days after the move, Sylvie and I headed upstate to Nana &amp;amp; Papa's to stay for a couple weeks while Bryan looked after the renovations at the new place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Sylvie is having a ball. She loves having so much family around and its nice to see her getting to know everyone.  Grandma has taken her for walks, to the library and showed her around Lewiston. Granny took us out to lunch today and bought Sylvie a pretty sweater at the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt; local shop called Brothers &amp;amp; Sisters. Nana and papa have taken us on boat rides, let us relax on the river and  pick green beans from their garden! We had a great play date with Sophie. We wished her a happy birthday and played on Papa's new boat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDYoFSe-GI/AAAAAAAAAYM/YmGgyZ3m-Q8/s1600-h/CIMG0373.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDYoFSe-GI/AAAAAAAAAYM/YmGgyZ3m-Q8/s320/CIMG0373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228917350503217250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;We also had lots of fun at Uncle Mike and Aunt Brandi's bbq with the entire family.  Sylvie was the last kid to leave the swimming pool, despite her shivering body and purple lips. Ah remember those days?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Yesterday we went to the Buffalo Zoo with cousins Jordan, Olivia, Marisa and Uncle Mike. The girls loved the animals, particularly the lions. It was a day we won't forget!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-1850942787513611391?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/1850942787513611391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=1850942787513611391' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1850942787513611391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1850942787513611391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/07/big-move-summer-upstate.html' title='The Big Move &amp; Summer Upstate'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SJDTKP3WjbI/AAAAAAAAAX0/oRNgft-UaCM/s72-c/IMG_5714.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-228253622156527810</id><published>2008-07-05T14:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T11:06:04.931-07:00</updated><title type='text'>'What A Feeling!'</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I know, I know! What has happened to our posts? I have lots coming your way, but no time to post right now. We are packing, painting, and fixing the new place. It has been a major time of transition in so many ways. So to get you through, here is a happy accident of a picture. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-3nfDlmKI/AAAAAAAAAXE/XN0v9b0fvHs/s1600-h/IMG_4775.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-3nfDlmKI/AAAAAAAAAXE/XN0v9b0fvHs/s320/IMG_4775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219592382125021346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-228253622156527810?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/228253622156527810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=228253622156527810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/228253622156527810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/228253622156527810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-feeling.html' title='&apos;What A Feeling!&apos;'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-3nfDlmKI/AAAAAAAAAXE/XN0v9b0fvHs/s72-c/IMG_4775.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-296748977466896362</id><published>2008-07-05T11:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T12:33:32.530-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sylvie's Birthday Present</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-8ec9440dedc4fb8b" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8ec9440dedc4fb8b%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6F7DA2A9255AC8F2ED6E0380689562EE0494A55A.7C3369DC0B03689A5F371BF86550A907D6272684%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8ec9440dedc4fb8b%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dvm_cUsuMviNTM9AkQ9sW-W8_gHU&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8ec9440dedc4fb8b%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6F7DA2A9255AC8F2ED6E0380689562EE0494A55A.7C3369DC0B03689A5F371BF86550A907D6272684%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8ec9440dedc4fb8b%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dvm_cUsuMviNTM9AkQ9sW-W8_gHU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG_Cew4zeTI/AAAAAAAAAXc/IsaBpCZed1E/s320/IMG_5316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219604326920714546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG_CfIzxSXI/AAAAAAAAAXk/xG0hXG1DShk/s1600-h/IMG_5319.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG_CfIzxSXI/AAAAAAAAAXk/xG0hXG1DShk/s320/IMG_5319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219604333342050674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG_CfjoNSrI/AAAAAAAAAXs/hCDVkLl_JG0/s1600-h/IMG_5320.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG_CfjoNSrI/AAAAAAAAAXs/hCDVkLl_JG0/s320/IMG_5320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219604340541311666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-296748977466896362?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=8ec9440dedc4fb8b&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/296748977466896362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=296748977466896362' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/296748977466896362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/296748977466896362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/07/sylvies-birthday-present.html' title='Sylvie&apos;s Birthday Present'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG_Cdw7yQxI/AAAAAAAAAXM/Zf_Xor48po4/s72-c/IMG_5312.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7635510818524655767</id><published>2008-07-05T10:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T11:02:53.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A random collection</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here's a random collection of photos from the past few months. Enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-yx26MukI/AAAAAAAAAW8/Vft1gzKBEk0/s1600-h/IMG_5114.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-yx26MukI/AAAAAAAAAW8/Vft1gzKBEk0/s320/IMG_5114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219587062768646722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-wZ4ndlRI/AAAAAAAAAW0/VRS2ct7hLAk/s1600-h/IMG_4766.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-wZ4ndlRI/AAAAAAAAAW0/VRS2ct7hLAk/s320/IMG_4766.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219584451886814482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-wIwazbeI/AAAAAAAAAWs/_87ufM6L7jw/s1600-h/IMG_4746.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-wIwazbeI/AAAAAAAAAWs/_87ufM6L7jw/s320/IMG_4746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219584157628460514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-vy95upyI/AAAAAAAAAWk/amLNO-fZB_4/s1600-h/IMG_4772.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-vy95upyI/AAAAAAAAAWk/amLNO-fZB_4/s320/IMG_4772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219583783290709794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-ugv1Jq5I/AAAAAAAAAWU/KrS0bIZRk6k/s1600-h/IMG_4406.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-ugv1Jq5I/AAAAAAAAAWU/KrS0bIZRk6k/s320/IMG_4406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219582370764139410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-uGq1aA3I/AAAAAAAAAWM/sCDRhtqFrho/s1600-h/IMG_4411.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-uGq1aA3I/AAAAAAAAAWM/sCDRhtqFrho/s320/IMG_4411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219581922746434418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7635510818524655767?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7635510818524655767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7635510818524655767' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7635510818524655767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7635510818524655767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/07/random-collection.html' title='A random collection'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SG-yx26MukI/AAAAAAAAAW8/Vft1gzKBEk0/s72-c/IMG_5114.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1900477715135028957</id><published>2008-05-04T20:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T10:03:04.661-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sing...Sing a Song...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a5d93bb254895641" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da5d93bb254895641%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DD952FE33ACA913486E86939ACEE46844773F702.211BC32BB4A5D1F37D2ACC4197348FA58A1F092F%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da5d93bb254895641%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D4ii4GGQP-lyXOwQW1kSavmirshY&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da5d93bb254895641%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DD952FE33ACA913486E86939ACEE46844773F702.211BC32BB4A5D1F37D2ACC4197348FA58A1F092F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da5d93bb254895641%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D4ii4GGQP-lyXOwQW1kSavmirshY&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie was feeling the need to express herself through song the other day. In this brilliant medley, you'll hear such classics as Sing a Song, Twinkle Twinkle, the ABCs, a snippet of a little known Tom Waits tune, Bend Down the Branches and Rock-a-bye-Baby. Enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-1900477715135028957?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=a5d93bb254895641&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/1900477715135028957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=1900477715135028957' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1900477715135028957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1900477715135028957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/05/singsing-song.html' title='Sing...Sing a Song...'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-5878641157504811443</id><published>2008-05-04T20:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-04T20:25:44.091-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Friends in Prospect Park</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SB55YXW1Q9I/AAAAAAAAAV0/T8zsv1wENAA/s1600-h/IMG_4299b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SB55YXW1Q9I/AAAAAAAAAV0/T8zsv1wENAA/s320/IMG_4299b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196724479525733330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sylvie, along with Issac and Dylan (and Mom's of course) enjoyed one of the first true days of Spring in Prospect Park. Chalk, bubbles and the smell of lilacs. Now that's a good time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SB562nW1Q-I/AAAAAAAAAV8/nDrUBEAea10/s1600-h/IMG_4331b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SB562nW1Q-I/AAAAAAAAAV8/nDrUBEAea10/s320/IMG_4331b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196726098728403938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SB57Q3W1Q_I/AAAAAAAAAWE/qSqJAfGu_Cc/s1600-h/IMG_4317b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SB57Q3W1Q_I/AAAAAAAAAWE/qSqJAfGu_Cc/s320/IMG_4317b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196726549699970034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sylvie preps for her audition with the Brooklyn Philharmonic. The lead in Madame Butterfly is a shoe in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-5878641157504811443?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/5878641157504811443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=5878641157504811443' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/5878641157504811443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/5878641157504811443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/05/sylvie-along-with-issac-and-dylan-and.html' title='Friends in Prospect Park'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SB55YXW1Q9I/AAAAAAAAAV0/T8zsv1wENAA/s72-c/IMG_4299b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-2484898256592132015</id><published>2008-04-24T20:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T22:03:52.186-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where'd Stalin Go?</title><content type='html'>A few years ago, Bryan bought a set of wooden Russian stacking dolls at an antique shop in Cape Cod. We recently gave them to Sylvie to play with and she loved them. Little did we know she would have her first lesson in the history of Russian leaders. The dolls include the likenesses of Lenin, Stalin, Krushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev. Listen to Sylvie ask the questions deep in the hearts and minds of toddlers everywhere, "where'd Stalin go?" and "where's Krushchev?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-3a43257018487916" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D3a43257018487916%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D34770050153A9F8315E94C1D6D9688BE9C9A0004.4CA7F97204855A8B9F0FB99641FCCB53F2209C97%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D3a43257018487916%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DZ-6sD6gdnnms0683npWCxmO55kA&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D3a43257018487916%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D34770050153A9F8315E94C1D6D9688BE9C9A0004.4CA7F97204855A8B9F0FB99641FCCB53F2209C97%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D3a43257018487916%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DZ-6sD6gdnnms0683npWCxmO55kA&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-2484898256592132015?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=3a43257018487916&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/2484898256592132015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=2484898256592132015' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2484898256592132015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2484898256592132015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/04/whered-stalin-go.html' title='Where&apos;d Stalin Go?'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-4944894008938742385</id><published>2008-04-17T20:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T20:53:17.335-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring is in the Air!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgTSBLCC7I/AAAAAAAAAUM/j2UZ-VwtTwE/s1600-h/IMG_4251rev.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgTSBLCC7I/AAAAAAAAAUM/j2UZ-VwtTwE/s400/IMG_4251rev.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190419770817776562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;As &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;some of you may have heard, Sylvie and Dylan have fallen in love! Stepha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ni&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;e and I noticed a change in them the other day at the playground and ever since they h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ave been smitten with e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ach other. This amazing weather led us to the Botanical gardens on Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; Sylvie and Dylan loved seeing the ducks, turtles and fish. At one point, t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;hey held hands which led to a hug, which led to a tackl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;e, which miraculously did NO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgTyBLCC8I/AAAAAAAAAUU/Y5bLiMubwxY/s1600-h/IMG_4260.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgTyBLCC8I/AAAAAAAAAUU/Y5bLiMubwxY/s320/IMG_4260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190420320573590466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;T end in tears. It must be love!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgaMBLCDEI/AAAAAAAAAVU/7cChDSUalbk/s1600-h/IMG_4257.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgaMBLCDEI/AAAAAAAAAVU/7cChDSUalbk/s320/IMG_4257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190427364319956034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgVMhLCC_I/AAAAAAAAAUs/20ukhqv-rdQ/s1600-h/IMG_4272.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgVMhLCC_I/AAAAAAAAAUs/20ukhqv-rdQ/s320/IMG_4272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190421875351751666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgUuRLCC-I/AAAAAAAAAUk/wT940Hg8w1E/s1600-h/IMG_4270.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgUuRLCC-I/AAAAAAAAAUk/wT940Hg8w1E/s320/IMG_4270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190421355660708834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgVshLCDAI/AAAAAAAAAU0/PVBUA5qQrLA/s1600-h/IMG_4274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgVshLCDAI/AAAAAAAAAU0/PVBUA5qQrLA/s320/IMG_4274.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190422425107565570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAga_xLCDFI/AAAAAAAAAVc/3_NHr5U2ry8/s1600-h/IMG_4277.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAga_xLCDFI/AAAAAAAAAVc/3_NHr5U2ry8/s320/IMG_4277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190428253378186322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgXeBLCDCI/AAAAAAAAAVE/ip5YVXnDEQo/s1600-h/IMG_4278.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgXeBLCDCI/AAAAAAAAAVE/ip5YVXnDEQo/s320/IMG_4278.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190424375022717986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-4944894008938742385?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/4944894008938742385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=4944894008938742385' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4944894008938742385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4944894008938742385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/04/spring-is-in-air.html' title='Spring is in the Air!'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgTSBLCC7I/AAAAAAAAAUM/j2UZ-VwtTwE/s72-c/IMG_4251rev.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8960468048025318894</id><published>2008-04-17T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T20:05:31.624-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reunion</title><content type='html'>(L-R) Zoe, Sylvie, Reuben, Bea, Jules, Linden, Alexei&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEN...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgPghLCC5I/AAAAAAAAAT8/Xq4U8ApW9No/s1600-h/reunion1.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgPghLCC5I/AAAAAAAAAT8/Xq4U8ApW9No/s400/reunion1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190415621879368594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Saturday, April 12th, we had a reunion with our friends from our childbirth class. It was so great to see how the kids have grown into little people! It's hard to believe we have all kept in touch over the last almost 2 years. I hope we continue to have these reunions even as all of our lives go in different directions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOW....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgP3RLCC6I/AAAAAAAAAUE/aP61C3sUvo4/s1600-h/Reunion04.08crop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgP3RLCC6I/AAAAAAAAAUE/aP61C3sUvo4/s400/Reunion04.08crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190416012721392546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgJ1hLCC1I/AAAAAAAAATc/5anm880ZXDk/s1600-h/Reunion04.08crop.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8960468048025318894?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8960468048025318894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8960468048025318894' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8960468048025318894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8960468048025318894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/04/reunion.html' title='Reunion'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/SAgPghLCC5I/AAAAAAAAAT8/Xq4U8ApW9No/s72-c/reunion1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1481807892033362758</id><published>2008-04-01T19:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T20:22:56.137-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Budding Sports Fans</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_L5EEKsSwI/AAAAAAAAAS8/yDD2OcBq8Wg/s1600-h/blo02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_L5EEKsSwI/AAAAAAAAAS8/yDD2OcBq8Wg/s320/blo02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184479969290242818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As long as Bryan has it his way, Sylvie will be an athlete or at the very least, a sports enthusiast. He taught her at a very early age to answer the question 'who's number 2?' with a   'Jeter' response. According to Bryan, she will like all things Syracuse and all things Yankees. Peter and Bryan are already plotting their first Yankees game excusion with the girls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To balance things out, I will make sure she knows that a triple lutz entrance is from a back outside edge. She WILL know who Michelle Kwan is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter, Statia and Zoe came over for dinner on Sunday and some basketball game was on. The girls sat quietly on Peter's lap, watching the game and enjoying the guys excitement. I can't remember a time Sylvie sat so still without making a peep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other big happenings involved Zoe taking two large handfuls of cookies and stuffing them all in her mouth.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_L5ZEKsSxI/AAAAAAAAATE/T3qyQWBdE5w/s1600-h/blog01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_L5ZEKsSxI/AAAAAAAAATE/T3qyQWBdE5w/s320/blog01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184480330067495698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-1481807892033362758?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/1481807892033362758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=1481807892033362758' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1481807892033362758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1481807892033362758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/04/budding-sports-fans.html' title='Budding Sports Fans'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_L5EEKsSwI/AAAAAAAAAS8/yDD2OcBq8Wg/s72-c/blo02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-6482725156155927210</id><published>2008-04-01T19:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T19:47:54.989-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Girl Dancing</title><content type='html'>New Moves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LvKkKsSkI/AAAAAAAAARc/7Fwz9xOJKdM/s1600-h/blog05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LvKkKsSkI/AAAAAAAAARc/7Fwz9xOJKdM/s200/blog05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184469085843114562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Lxp0KsSsI/AAAAAAAAASc/_tZ9kYTMeSU/s1600-h/blog11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Lxp0KsSsI/AAAAAAAAASc/_tZ9kYTMeSU/s200/blog11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184471821737282242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LvBkKsSjI/AAAAAAAAARU/pFGZCxjFMHs/s1600-h/blog04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LvBkKsSjI/AAAAAAAAARU/pFGZCxjFMHs/s200/blog04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184468931224291890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Lv-EKsSnI/AAAAAAAAAR0/pTOXWSUkWUQ/s1600-h/blog06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Lv-EKsSnI/AAAAAAAAAR0/pTOXWSUkWUQ/s200/blog06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184469970606377586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LwH0KsSoI/AAAAAAAAAR8/cDDaz3OM_jY/s1600-h/blog10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LwH0KsSoI/AAAAAAAAAR8/cDDaz3OM_jY/s200/blog10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184470138110102146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LzMUKsStI/AAAAAAAAASk/aeH-uBoqwb4/s1600-h/blog08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LzMUKsStI/AAAAAAAAASk/aeH-uBoqwb4/s200/blog08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184473513954396882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LznUKsSuI/AAAAAAAAASs/s-4R71NbYcQ/s1600-h/blog09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LznUKsSuI/AAAAAAAAASs/s-4R71NbYcQ/s200/blog09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184473977810864866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-6482725156155927210?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/6482725156155927210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=6482725156155927210' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6482725156155927210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6482725156155927210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-girl-dancing.html' title='Big Girl Dancing'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LvKkKsSkI/AAAAAAAAARc/7Fwz9xOJKdM/s72-c/blog05.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-3540727403266163575</id><published>2008-04-01T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T19:23:44.959-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Girl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LtMUKsSgI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/xWJ5LhGtnQM/s1600-h/blog02lores.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LtMUKsSgI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/xWJ5LhGtnQM/s320/blog02lores.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184466916884630018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like Sylvie really looks like a big girl now. There were moments not so long ago where I could still see the baby in her, but not so much anymore. Luckily, along with the tantrums, come the really funny moments and expressions. Here are a few.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Ltn0KsShI/AAAAAAAAARE/35txshKP9w8/s1600-h/blog01lores.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Ltn0KsShI/AAAAAAAAARE/35txshKP9w8/s200/blog01lores.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184467389331032594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LuAUKsSiI/AAAAAAAAARM/c8YwGpjyr-Y/s1600-h/blog03lores.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LuAUKsSiI/AAAAAAAAARM/c8YwGpjyr-Y/s200/blog03lores.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184467810237827618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-3540727403266163575?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/3540727403266163575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=3540727403266163575' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3540727403266163575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3540727403266163575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-girl.html' title='Big Girl'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LtMUKsSgI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/xWJ5LhGtnQM/s72-c/blog02lores.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-6596590383274316689</id><published>2008-04-01T17:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T18:22:56.871-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who is this?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Lc6kKsSdI/AAAAAAAAAQk/Vl9oQj8U3Cc/s1600-h/IMG_4029.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Lc6kKsSdI/AAAAAAAAAQk/Vl9oQj8U3Cc/s320/IMG_4029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184449019755907538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie has a new side to her personality these days.  We are desperately hoping it is a phase. For the last week and a half, she's been very clingy (with me) and extremely emotional. She's also been extremely defiant and had more tantrums than we have ever experienced. The power to distract her has gone by the way side. It's like she has a longer attention span and hangs on to how mad she really is! Please tell us this is a phase and it won't last forever. What do we need to do to deal with these tantrums? We're trying to sort it out. In the meantime, here's the new face of Sylvie! &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LdmEKsSeI/AAAAAAAAAQs/y7VU3YkxIuI/s1600-h/IMG_4032.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_LdmEKsSeI/AAAAAAAAAQs/y7VU3YkxIuI/s200/IMG_4032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184449767080217058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Ld30KsSfI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/zPy3VJhrI-E/s1600-h/IMG_4033.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Ld30KsSfI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/zPy3VJhrI-E/s200/IMG_4033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184450072022895090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-6596590383274316689?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/6596590383274316689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=6596590383274316689' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6596590383274316689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6596590383274316689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-is-this.html' title='Who is this?'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R_Lc6kKsSdI/AAAAAAAAAQk/Vl9oQj8U3Cc/s72-c/IMG_4029.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1765935424480401912</id><published>2008-03-23T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T13:50:52.235-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Easter!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a4Q0KsSLI/AAAAAAAAAOU/oOLN09aTZAY/s1600-h/IMG_4058.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a4Q0KsSLI/AAAAAAAAAOU/oOLN09aTZAY/s320/IMG_4058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181031020357241010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bAYEKsSVI/AAAAAAAAAPk/rgJqnuIGCyU/s1600-h/IMG_4057.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bAYEKsSVI/AAAAAAAAAPk/rgJqnuIGCyU/s320/IMG_4057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181039941004314962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This year Sylvie actually went in search of her Easter basket and shouted, "I found it" when she came across &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a-vEKsSPI/AAAAAAAAAO0/_geZUJFVrVs/s1600-h/IMG_4066.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a-vEKsSPI/AAAAAAAAAO0/_geZUJFVrVs/s320/IMG_4066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181038137118050546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a-bkKsSOI/AAAAAAAAAOs/IlaTHGQ_sWQ/s1600-h/IMG_4063.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a-bkKsSOI/AAAAAAAAAOs/IlaTHGQ_sWQ/s320/IMG_4063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181037802110601442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bArkKsSWI/AAAAAAAAAPs/MIpXQvp_aak/s1600-h/IMG_4070.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bArkKsSWI/AAAAAAAAAPs/MIpXQvp_aak/s320/IMG_4070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181040276011764066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;it. (ok, Bryan rolled a ball to its location and miraculously she 'found it'.) &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bCSUKsSYI/AAAAAAAAAP8/3WEYemlrt6o/s1600-h/IMG_4108.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bCSUKsSYI/AAAAAAAAAP8/3WEYemlrt6o/s320/IMG_4108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181042041243322754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although it was quite messy, we had a lot of fun coloring eggs. Luckily, Statia and Peter adopted us this year and we had an amazing brunch with their family, followed by an easter egg hunt. Sylvie, Zoe and Benny seemed to most enjoy putting the money from the eggs into the piggy bank. The kids had a great time and we are still suffering from an extended food coma. Here are some pics from today...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bCHkKsSXI/AAAAAAAAAP0/Nl5c6GTOtSY/s1600-h/IMG_4095.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-bCHkKsSXI/AAAAAAAAAP0/Nl5c6GTOtSY/s320/IMG_4095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181041856559729010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a_qkKsSTI/AAAAAAAAAPU/9umM4MZYGRw/s1600-h/IMG_4104.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a_qkKsSTI/AAAAAAAAAPU/9umM4MZYGRw/s320/IMG_4104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181039159320267058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a5T0KsSMI/AAAAAAAAAOc/cAY9ALlab0M/s1600-h/IMG_4113.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a5T0KsSMI/AAAAAAAAAOc/cAY9ALlab0M/s320/IMG_4113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181032171408476354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a_5UKsSUI/AAAAAAAAAPc/hN0VJX-EXW8/s1600-h/IMG_4112.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a_5UKsSUI/AAAAAAAAAPc/hN0VJX-EXW8/s320/IMG_4112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181039412723337538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-1765935424480401912?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/1765935424480401912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=1765935424480401912' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1765935424480401912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1765935424480401912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-easter.html' title='Happy Easter!'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-a4Q0KsSLI/AAAAAAAAAOU/oOLN09aTZAY/s72-c/IMG_4058.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1937258925052669243</id><published>2008-03-21T11:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T18:34:53.924-07:00</updated><title type='text'>World's Worst Blogger</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Ok, so I am pretty sure I am the world's worst blogger. I have all kinds of excuses of why I simply can't upload a few recent picture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;s or video and write down my t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;houghts. I think about it all the time. Usually my best stuff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; comes to me when I am in the shower, yet somehow I can't seem to get it together. So, I was thinking, why don't I just direct everyone to Zoe's blog since Statia basically covers all the bases for us there. If you are reading, go directly to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;to find out the latest &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;'going's on' of Sylvi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;e.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I will do my best here to catch up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A few major things happened earlier this month. We made a trip to Lewiston after Sylvie's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Great-Grandpa passed away. It was a very sad time. 'Grandpa' as she called him, loved Sylvie so very much. He alway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;s sang such sweet songs to her, like "Sylvie, Sylvie,  Give me your&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; answer do! I'm half crazy,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; All for the love of you!" I'll always have great memories of Grandpa singing those songs to her! We are all so luck&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;y to have had such a special p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;erson in our lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-P9nkKsSBI/AAAAAAAAANE/oKh5_rO-XlU/s1600-h/IMG_1022.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-P9nkKsSBI/AAAAAAAAANE/oKh5_rO-XlU/s200/IMG_1022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180262852571449362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-P-OUKsSCI/AAAAAAAAANM/DmT5YSL4oN0/s1600-h/IMG_1017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-P-OUKsSCI/AAAAAAAAANM/DmT5YSL4oN0/s200/IMG_1017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180263518291380258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;While we were there, Sylvie got to experience a real Western NY snow storm. I think we got&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; about 2 feet of snow (which is not nearly as much as 7 or 8 feet we've had in the recent past). It was really beautiful. Here's a pic from my mom's house.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-P8f0KsSAI/AAAAAAAAAM8/MnWRsv4o824/s1600-h/IMG_3946.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-P8f0KsSAI/AAAAAAAAAM8/MnWRsv4o824/s200/IMG_3946.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180261619915835394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February catch up:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Cousins Marisa and Laura came for a visit. Sylvie LOVED all the girl time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Papa's Birthday in NY (B-day &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hR6EKsSZI/AAAAAAAAAQE/OqrHmNeredE/s1600-h/IMG_3758.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hR6EKsSZI/AAAAAAAAAQE/OqrHmNeredE/s320/IMG_3758.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181481429282605458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;cake &amp;amp; showing Nana &amp;amp; Papa the Big Apple)&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hSN0KsSaI/AAAAAAAAAQM/loHEymRkWfM/s1600-h/IMG_3768.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hSN0KsSaI/AAAAAAAAAQM/loHEymRkWfM/s320/IMG_3768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181481768585021858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hVckKsScI/AAAAAAAAAQc/GecPjAa_ycQ/s1600-h/IMG_3909.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hVckKsScI/AAAAAAAAAQc/GecPjAa_ycQ/s320/IMG_3909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181485320522975682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hU10KsSbI/AAAAAAAAAQU/Y0f09ATO_HE/s1600-h/IMG_3852.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-hU10KsSbI/AAAAAAAAAQU/Y0f09ATO_HE/s320/IMG_3852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181484654803044786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-1937258925052669243?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/1937258925052669243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=1937258925052669243' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1937258925052669243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1937258925052669243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/03/worlds-worst-blogger.html' title='World&apos;s Worst Blogger'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R-P9nkKsSBI/AAAAAAAAANE/oKh5_rO-XlU/s72-c/IMG_1022.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-3789802187436483386</id><published>2008-02-28T19:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T06:49:04.673-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sylvie Parker or ET? You decide.</title><content type='html'>Phone Home.&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie's favorite babysitter, Dena, captures Sylvie playing dress up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-2d8cec61d61503ff" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2d8cec61d61503ff%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D130F43EB0E197F22BCA5997EA75041B1131EC007.419882BF3F01AC401B756915EAEA097BEF3F96B2%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2d8cec61d61503ff%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D9f0FCWbnarGONtbcB0LvTUBcxxY&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2d8cec61d61503ff%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D130F43EB0E197F22BCA5997EA75041B1131EC007.419882BF3F01AC401B756915EAEA097BEF3F96B2%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2d8cec61d61503ff%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D9f0FCWbnarGONtbcB0LvTUBcxxY&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-3789802187436483386?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2d8cec61d61503ff&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/3789802187436483386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=3789802187436483386' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3789802187436483386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3789802187436483386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/02/sylvie-parker-or-et-you-decide.html' title='Sylvie Parker or ET? You decide.'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-3528884808468649359</id><published>2008-01-12T07:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T07:56:13.835-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lunchtime Snooze</title><content type='html'>With the beautiful weather this week, came a lot of outdoor play and one sleepy little girl. After a busy day on the playground, Sylvie was enjoying some leftover pasta and eggplant while listening to a little Amy Winehouse.  The next thing I know, she lays her head down on her plate and falls asleep! Pasta hangover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-9140e9040e43a7ad" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9140e9040e43a7ad%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D73704BD953960064CD512B2D1BB235DEE08EA68B.6B7201D75038962E260800390DFC7FEF5057EDBF%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9140e9040e43a7ad%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DwulRxzJJWLkULePsA-cyLbKVDAo&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9140e9040e43a7ad%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D73704BD953960064CD512B2D1BB235DEE08EA68B.6B7201D75038962E260800390DFC7FEF5057EDBF%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9140e9040e43a7ad%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DwulRxzJJWLkULePsA-cyLbKVDAo&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-3528884808468649359?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=9140e9040e43a7ad&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/3528884808468649359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=3528884808468649359' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3528884808468649359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3528884808468649359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/01/lunchtime-snooze.html' title='Lunchtime Snooze'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8749213597707738953</id><published>2008-01-07T20:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-07T21:23:13.588-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Zoe &amp; Sylvie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MIsGqiAWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JdWyf1GJyLs/s1600-h/IMG_3456.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MIsGqiAWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JdWyf1GJyLs/s400/IMG_3456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152971952438247778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MHDmqiAUI/AAAAAAAAAMc/uHAymARpiaY/s1600-h/IMG_3687.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MHDmqiAUI/AAAAAAAAAMc/uHAymARpiaY/s320/IMG_3687.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152970157141918018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MEymqiASI/AAAAAAAAAMM/qjLQXgwFhpQ/s1600-h/IMG_3250.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MEymqiASI/AAAAAAAAAMM/qjLQXgwFhpQ/s320/IMG_3250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152967666060886306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MEUGqiARI/AAAAAAAAAME/bpIfn5wTbuU/s1600-h/IMG_3015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MEUGqiARI/AAAAAAAAAME/bpIfn5wTbuU/s320/IMG_3015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152967142074876178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MED2qiAQI/AAAAAAAAAL8/c7XeLlAO3vE/s1600-h/IMG_3008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MED2qiAQI/AAAAAAAAAL8/c7XeLlAO3vE/s320/IMG_3008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152966862902001922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Sylvie is developing such a sweet friendship with her sidekick Zoe that I wanted to post some images of them together. Lucky for us, we just happen to like her parents too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8749213597707738953?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8749213597707738953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8749213597707738953' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8749213597707738953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8749213597707738953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/01/zoe-sylvie.html' title='Zoe &amp; Sylvie'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4MIsGqiAWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JdWyf1GJyLs/s72-c/IMG_3456.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8683663028531152892</id><published>2008-01-07T20:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-07T20:48:23.788-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Nightgown</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4L-52qiAMI/AAAAAAAAALY/47qY7SFCEmA/s1600-h/IMG_3768.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4L-52qiAMI/AAAAAAAAALY/47qY7SFCEmA/s200/IMG_3768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152961193545171138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4L_Q2qiANI/AAAAAAAAALg/23p3ZSMDgDo/s1600-h/IMG_3770.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4L_Q2qiANI/AAAAAAAAALg/23p3ZSMDgDo/s200/IMG_3770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152961588682162386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4L_pWqiAOI/AAAAAAAAALo/dpzQBrDxAao/s1600-h/IMG_3771.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4L_pWqiAOI/AAAAAAAAALo/dpzQBrDxAao/s200/IMG_3771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152962009588957410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just some plain cute pictures of Sylvie in her new nightgown from Granny!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8683663028531152892?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8683663028531152892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8683663028531152892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8683663028531152892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8683663028531152892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-nightgown.html' title='New Nightgown'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4L-52qiAMI/AAAAAAAAALY/47qY7SFCEmA/s72-c/IMG_3768.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-2773473114419237717</id><published>2008-01-06T17:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-06T18:23:32.196-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Come here horsey, horsey!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GLWGqiAKI/AAAAAAAAALI/EemEJI5MKw4/s1600-h/IMG_3438.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GLWGqiAKI/AAAAAAAAALI/EemEJI5MKw4/s320/IMG_3438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152552660550942882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GKAmqiAII/AAAAAAAAAK4/uGIJl2knlH0/s1600-h/IMG_3430.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GKAmqiAII/AAAAAAAAAK4/uGIJl2knlH0/s320/IMG_3430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152551191672127618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GKT2qiAJI/AAAAAAAAALA/W5zdj7cGC3Y/s1600-h/IMG_3425.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GKT2qiAJI/AAAAAAAAALA/W5zdj7cGC3Y/s320/IMG_3425.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152551522384609426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Sylvie has fallen in love with the horses in Prospect Park. Bryan has been taking her every Saturday morning to watch people taking riding lessons. She gets so excited just before they arrive and cries out 'horsey, horsey'! Often she just stares in silence (a very rare occurrence) and watches in amazement. Then she gallops around and clicks her tongue making the sound of their hooves in motion. Check out this smile. I guess you can see how much she truly loves them! Maybe as much as she loves Miles?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GLtGqiALI/AAAAAAAAALQ/eBZ9gKSAmNA/s1600-h/IMG_3444.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GLtGqiALI/AAAAAAAAALQ/eBZ9gKSAmNA/s320/IMG_3444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152553055687934130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-2773473114419237717?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/2773473114419237717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=2773473114419237717' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2773473114419237717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2773473114419237717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/01/come-here-horsey-horsey.html' title='Come here horsey, horsey!'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R4GLWGqiAKI/AAAAAAAAALI/EemEJI5MKw4/s72-c/IMG_3438.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7874379499731641325</id><published>2008-01-05T10:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-05T11:53:28.224-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_bHWqiABI/AAAAAAAAAKA/TAPfikj5bzY/s1600-h/IMG_3335.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_bHWqiABI/AAAAAAAAAKA/TAPfikj5bzY/s400/IMG_3335.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152077418124673042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Sylvie in her pretty Christmas dress at Nana'a party&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, it's been some time since our last post. After my laptop died and I thought I had lost everything (which thankfully was NOT the case), I was ready to throw in the blog towel. But, here we are again with some much needed updating!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie continues to amaze us and make us laugh. She has such a great sense of humor and is really quite silly. She's recently learned to say her whole name -- Sylvie, Parker (with a Bostonian accent) Jenkins.  While we were in Western NY over the holidays, she even gave us great attitude along with saying her name after endless prodding by her proud parents. Enough already, I am not your monkey. Still, Sylvie seemed to enjoy the madness of the holidays and being around so many new people. One thing is for sure, she is much better at remembering people's names than I am!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's some pics from the holidays&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_XEGqh__I/AAAAAAAAAJw/FHD97wRUxUs/s1600-h/IMG_3268.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_XEGqh__I/AAAAAAAAAJw/FHD97wRUxUs/s320/IMG_3268.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152072964243587058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_VeWqh_-I/AAAAAAAAAJo/W53E_KHEruw/s1600-h/IMG_3241.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_VeWqh_-I/AAAAAAAAAJo/W53E_KHEruw/s320/IMG_3241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152071216191897570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_dSmqiAEI/AAAAAAAAAKY/k4k0fhKbCOc/s1600-h/IMG_3381.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_dSmqiAEI/AAAAAAAAAKY/k4k0fhKbCOc/s320/IMG_3381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152079810421456962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_UTGqh_8I/AAAAAAAAAJY/a1SJ1fTIEo8/s1600-h/IMG_3372.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_UTGqh_8I/AAAAAAAAAJY/a1SJ1fTIEo8/s320/IMG_3372.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152069923406741442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_dFGqiADI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/9QPFzouwbk8/s1600-h/IMG_3346.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_dFGqiADI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/9QPFzouwbk8/s320/IMG_3346.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152079578493222962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_U7Wqh_9I/AAAAAAAAAJg/n0bsi3oUV8Q/s1600-h/IMG_3398.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_U7Wqh_9I/AAAAAAAAAJg/n0bsi3oUV8Q/s320/IMG_3398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152070614896476114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_fF2qiAGI/AAAAAAAAAKo/XpV4O9XGbiI/s1600-h/IMG_3379.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_fF2qiAGI/AAAAAAAAAKo/XpV4O9XGbiI/s320/IMG_3379.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152081790401380450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_cDmqiACI/AAAAAAAAAKI/tTkyXX4sEAk/s1600-h/IMG_3302.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_cDmqiACI/AAAAAAAAAKI/tTkyXX4sEAk/s320/IMG_3302.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152078453211791394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_fbGqiAHI/AAAAAAAAAKw/CskG62XpRWw/s1600-h/IMG_3401.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_fbGqiAHI/AAAAAAAAAKw/CskG62XpRWw/s320/IMG_3401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152082155473600626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7874379499731641325?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7874379499731641325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7874379499731641325' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7874379499731641325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7874379499731641325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2008/01/christmas-2007.html' title='Christmas 2007'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/R3_bHWqiABI/AAAAAAAAAKA/TAPfikj5bzY/s72-c/IMG_3335.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-3508903621688471374</id><published>2007-12-03T20:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T16:57:20.839-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sylvie does the classics</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-aa85641ece3a30a5" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=aa85641ece3a30a5&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/3508903621688471374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=3508903621688471374' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3508903621688471374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/3508903621688471374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/12/sylvie-does-classics.html' title='Sylvie does the classics'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-1682722316516719044</id><published>2007-11-11T20:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-12T18:45:09.482-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dancing with Her Baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sylvie  does a little impromptu  dance with her baby 'Zoe'. Her black eye did not impede her ability to get down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-cbcf2c15affbb13a" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v17.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dcbcf2c15affbb13a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D62DAED790D0D3C83839B6491EA928F24AC3DC4C3.863EC3A3CA7168543FE2800063441D21AB1E1EA3%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dcbcf2c15affbb13a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DCddmcP-q930BMkHVvKmPFFhDkKg&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v17.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dcbcf2c15affbb13a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330271339%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D62DAED790D0D3C83839B6491EA928F24AC3DC4C3.863EC3A3CA7168543FE2800063441D21AB1E1EA3%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dcbcf2c15affbb13a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DCddmcP-q930BMkHVvKmPFFhDkKg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-1682722316516719044?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=cbcf2c15affbb13a&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/1682722316516719044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=1682722316516719044' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1682722316516719044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/1682722316516719044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post.html' title='Dancing with Her Baby'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-5447912249363486757</id><published>2007-11-09T07:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T11:18:17.985-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Baby Loves Disco</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzSA4AXrqWI/AAAAAAAAAIg/zi9pVbfU9p0/s1600-h/IMG_3242.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzSA4AXrqWI/AAAAAAAAAIg/zi9pVbfU9p0/s320/IMG_3242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130867575142197602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie loves music. So do we and we found a perfect opportunity for us all to enjoy. Bryan and I took Sylvie to Baby Loves Disco at South Paw in Park Slope last weekend. It was strange to walk into a night club at 2 in the afternoon, but we got our grove on and had a good time. Sylvie broke out some of her special moves and of course, sucked on a few shaker eggs. Her favorite part, though, were the bubbles that would descend upon the dance floor. Good times!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzSBawXrqXI/AAAAAAAAAIo/N9hkI4W5wts/s1600-h/IMG_3277.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzSBawXrqXI/AAAAAAAAAIo/N9hkI4W5wts/s320/IMG_3277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130868172142651762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-5447912249363486757?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/5447912249363486757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=5447912249363486757' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/5447912249363486757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/5447912249363486757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/11/baby-love-disco.html' title='Baby Loves Disco'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzSA4AXrqWI/AAAAAAAAAIg/zi9pVbfU9p0/s72-c/IMG_3242.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7612195322316705273</id><published>2007-11-06T07:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T11:20:24.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>You Should See the Slide!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzCNPFWck-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/yH8Kh-1_2KU/s1600-h/IMG_3318.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzCNPFWck-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/yH8Kh-1_2KU/s400/IMG_3318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129755265848873954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I guess it's all part of toddlerhood - the falls, the spills...But it sure is hard not to feel guilty when it happens right in front of you. Sylvie went down the big slide at 9th street on her belly like she usually does, but this time bashed her eye at the very end. It all happened in slow motion and before I knew it, she had a big, fat, swollen blue eye!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So sorry to my friend Mick who came to Brooklyn to meet Sylvie for the first time and ended up playing nurse with me. You were a big help Mick. (Nice work with the puppet distractions).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie handled it all really well and thankfully our landlord, who is an ER doctor, came upstairs and assured me that she was fine. His mother always told him, "When a child falls, they grow". I took some comfort in that. All part of becoming a big girl I guess.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7612195322316705273?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7612195322316705273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7612195322316705273' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7612195322316705273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7612195322316705273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/11/run-in-with-slide.html' title='You Should See the Slide!'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RzCNPFWck-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/yH8Kh-1_2KU/s72-c/IMG_3318.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7686816755779193499</id><published>2007-10-31T20:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T21:27:09.078-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween...Then and Now</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RylPsFWck3I/AAAAAAAAAHg/AQ2GN1fuiyY/s1600-h/sylviehalloween2006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RylPsFWck3I/AAAAAAAAAHg/AQ2GN1fuiyY/s400/sylviehalloween2006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127717269507183474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RylRKFWck5I/AAAAAAAAAHw/cB-0VUnG-ic/s1600-h/IMG_3087.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RylRKFWck5I/AAAAAAAAAHw/cB-0VUnG-ic/s400/IMG_3087.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127718884414886802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;What a difference a year makes! Sylvie was much happier this year as a pumpkin. The days of the crying fowl are gone. She enjoyed her second Halloween with all her little friends at a party hosted by Eva. It was a little insane and a lot of fun.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RylUZFWck7I/AAAAAAAAAIA/RxVapKMU5bU/s1600-h/sylviehalloween2006_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RylUZFWck7I/AAAAAAAAAIA/RxVapKMU5bU/s200/sylviehalloween2006_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127722440647807922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7686816755779193499?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7686816755779193499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7686816755779193499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7686816755779193499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7686816755779193499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/then-and-now.html' title='Halloween...Then and Now'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RylPsFWck3I/AAAAAAAAAHg/AQ2GN1fuiyY/s72-c/sylviehalloween2006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-6873784389405401115</id><published>2007-10-29T21:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T21:33:28.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Three Amigos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryaza1WcktI/AAAAAAAAAGU/ZliBiJw3O7w/s1600-h/IMG_2658.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryaza1WcktI/AAAAAAAAAGU/ZliBiJw3O7w/s400/IMG_2658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126982499387085522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie got to spend some quality time with her cousins Jordan and Olivia on our visit to Western NY, or 'upstate', as we call anything north of the city. Nana and Pappa were in heaven having their three little ones together. I get the feeling we parents are just in the way.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-6873784389405401115?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/6873784389405401115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=6873784389405401115' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6873784389405401115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6873784389405401115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/three-amigos.html' title='The Three Amigos'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryaza1WcktI/AAAAAAAAAGU/ZliBiJw3O7w/s72-c/IMG_2658.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7588247086312517907</id><published>2007-10-29T20:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T21:21:50.867-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pumpkin Patch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyaosFWckXI/AAAAAAAAADo/oNb8TPJkpGI/s1600-h/IMG_2810.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyaosFWckXI/AAAAAAAAADo/oNb8TPJkpGI/s400/IMG_2810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126970701111923058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We visited our family back home in Western NY a week ago and had a great time. Sylvie's Grandma took us to a pumpkin farm where she got to pick her own pumpkin, run through a maze of hay, and crawl through a tunnel. It was a blast for this city girl.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryaua1WckjI/AAAAAAAAAFI/s5nkjsbSs-E/s1600-h/IMG_2842.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryaua1WckjI/AAAAAAAAAFI/s5nkjsbSs-E/s200/IMG_2842.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126977001828946482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyauxVWcklI/AAAAAAAAAFY/PaR-aNcAYSc/s1600-h/IMG_2831.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyauxVWcklI/AAAAAAAAAFY/PaR-aNcAYSc/s200/IMG_2831.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126977388376003154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyawuVWcknI/AAAAAAAAAFo/fQ6YhQdZcC8/s1600-h/IMG_2778.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyawuVWcknI/AAAAAAAAAFo/fQ6YhQdZcC8/s200/IMG_2778.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126979535859651186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7588247086312517907?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7588247086312517907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7588247086312517907' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7588247086312517907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7588247086312517907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/pumpkin-patch.html' title='Pumpkin Patch'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyaosFWckXI/AAAAAAAAADo/oNb8TPJkpGI/s72-c/IMG_2810.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7344845229409488569</id><published>2007-10-29T19:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T21:18:20.951-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SMOOOOOOTHIE for dinner PLEEEEEEEASE!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyauklWckkI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/XUvrfuFTFoI/s1600-h/101507006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyauklWckkI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/XUvrfuFTFoI/s400/101507006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126977169332671042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyapPFWckYI/AAAAAAAAADw/vVodtQmSuzw/s1600-h/101607016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyapPFWckYI/AAAAAAAAADw/vVodtQmSuzw/s400/101607016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126971302407344514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryara1WckeI/AAAAAAAAAEg/eZNW0RczIh8/s1600-h/101607007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryara1WckeI/AAAAAAAAAEg/eZNW0RczIh8/s200/101607007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126973703294063074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryar0lWckfI/AAAAAAAAAEo/PN0rclibYtA/s1600-h/101607014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/Ryar0lWckfI/AAAAAAAAAEo/PN0rclibYtA/s200/101607014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126974145675694578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ahhhhhh. With 2 molars popping through, it was time for industrial strength smoothies. For dinner.&lt;br /&gt;Whatever it takes, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7344845229409488569?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7344845229409488569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7344845229409488569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7344845229409488569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7344845229409488569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/smoooooothie-for-dinner.html' title='SMOOOOOOTHIE for dinner PLEEEEEEEASE!!!'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RyauklWckkI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/XUvrfuFTFoI/s72-c/101507006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-8629506952456812857</id><published>2007-10-28T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T21:05:00.383-07:00</updated><title type='text'>mmm mmm mmm...french toasties</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykxvlWck1I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/zJmEZK9ms6Q/s1600-h/IMG_3199.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykxvlWck1I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/zJmEZK9ms6Q/s200/IMG_3199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127684344287892306" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykyllWck2I/AAAAAAAAAHY/IqM26_nruOo/s1600-h/IMG_3206.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykyllWck2I/AAAAAAAAAHY/IqM26_nruOo/s200/IMG_3206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127685272000828258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykuslWckyI/AAAAAAAAAG4/S8nbe9zNx_4/s1600-h/IMG_3195.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykuslWckyI/AAAAAAAAAG4/S8nbe9zNx_4/s200/IMG_3195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127680994213401378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykvklWck0I/AAAAAAAAAHI/KjKGwoHdLzc/s1600-h/IMG_3196.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykvklWck0I/AAAAAAAAAHI/KjKGwoHdLzc/s200/IMG_3196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127681956286075714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's Sylvie getting a kick out her french toast breakfast.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-8629506952456812857?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/8629506952456812857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=8629506952456812857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8629506952456812857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/8629506952456812857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/mmm-mmm-mmmfrench-toasties.html' title='mmm mmm mmm...french toasties'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RykxvlWck1I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/zJmEZK9ms6Q/s72-c/IMG_3199.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-4467324819509420651</id><published>2007-10-14T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-16T09:16:33.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who Needs Sears Portrait Studio?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RxLOxbSqVUI/AAAAAAAAADY/We3ZM7MZ0nQ/s1600-h/Sylvie_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RxLOxbSqVUI/AAAAAAAAADY/We3ZM7MZ0nQ/s400/Sylvie_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121383074808616258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lucky for us, one of Sylvie's favorite people, Statia, is an amazing photographer! She made this portrait during our photo shoot/play date on Friday, October 12th. It is one of my favorite pictures of Sylvie. We had a little more difficulty keeping the girls in one spot this time around. By the end of the day, Sylvie got the hang of it, sat on the white seemless, looked strait at Statia and said "cheese"! Nothing like a little ham with cheese.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-4467324819509420651?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/4467324819509420651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=4467324819509420651' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4467324819509420651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/4467324819509420651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/who-needs-sears-photo-studio.html' title='Who Needs Sears Portrait Studio?'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RxLOxbSqVUI/AAAAAAAAADY/We3ZM7MZ0nQ/s72-c/Sylvie_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-7573893785051215951</id><published>2007-10-07T19:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T19:50:53.955-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer in October?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmQjq2_lLI/AAAAAAAAAB4/cBpxTjeAU4M/s1600-h/DSC_0573rev.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmQjq2_lLI/AAAAAAAAAB4/cBpxTjeAU4M/s400/DSC_0573rev.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118781393958048946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Who knew it would be 80 degrees on October 7th? Sylvie and Riley made the most of it and enjoyed Sunday brunch at George and Marti's followed by a romp in the pool. Not a bad life...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmZEa2_lTI/AAAAAAAAAC4/VHCR7zLPDG0/s1600-h/IMG_3092.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmZEa2_lTI/AAAAAAAAAC4/VHCR7zLPDG0/s200/IMG_3092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118790752691787058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmZ1K2_lUI/AAAAAAAAADA/JrhBee0USM4/s1600-h/IMG_3129.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmZ1K2_lUI/AAAAAAAAADA/JrhBee0USM4/s200/IMG_3129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118791590210409794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmSf62_lMI/AAAAAAAAACA/STG1acpzHwQ/s1600-h/DSC_0349.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmSf62_lMI/AAAAAAAAACA/STG1acpzHwQ/s200/DSC_0349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118783528556795074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmUD62_lPI/AAAAAAAAACY/auBiNo_35C0/s1600-h/DSC_0494.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmUD62_lPI/AAAAAAAAACY/auBiNo_35C0/s200/DSC_0494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118785246543713522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-7573893785051215951?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/7573893785051215951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=7573893785051215951' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7573893785051215951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/7573893785051215951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/summer-in-october.html' title='Summer in October?'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwmQjq2_lLI/AAAAAAAAAB4/cBpxTjeAU4M/s72-c/DSC_0573rev.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-2785043528776330131</id><published>2007-10-04T20:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T20:38:49.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All in the Family</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-209d13f4a1e83b96" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param 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href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/2785043528776330131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=2785043528776330131' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2785043528776330131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2785043528776330131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-in-family.html' title='All in the Family'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-2889740055400913299</id><published>2007-10-04T20:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T20:27:30.951-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall &apos;07'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art class in Brooklyn'/><title type='text'>Budding Picassos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWsuBoNYPI/AAAAAAAAABY/BvLYfumGY40/s1600-h/IMG_2850.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWsuBoNYPI/AAAAAAAAABY/BvLYfumGY40/s320/IMG_2850.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117686458287481074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWs6BoNYQI/AAAAAAAAABg/9r8RyN1f5sY/s1600-h/IMG_2848.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWs6BoNYQI/AAAAAAAAABg/9r8RyN1f5sY/s320/IMG_2848.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117686664445911298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWtIxoNYRI/AAAAAAAAABo/ztrn013qyZ8/s1600-h/IMG_2855.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWtIxoNYRI/AAAAAAAAABo/ztrn013qyZ8/s320/IMG_2855.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117686917848981778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sylvie and her BFF Zoe paint the world fantastic. Varying in style, Sylvie chose the total immersion approach while Zoe was much more refined, choosing a paint brush for her detailed masterpiece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-2889740055400913299?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/2889740055400913299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=2889740055400913299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2889740055400913299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/2889740055400913299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/budding-picassos.html' title='Budding Picassos'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWsuBoNYPI/AAAAAAAAABY/BvLYfumGY40/s72-c/IMG_2850.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-5657265223273985969</id><published>2007-10-04T19:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T20:03:35.305-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is that Daddy?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWnkxoNYMI/AAAAAAAAABE/xalnUL4R4D0/s1600-h/IMG_2806.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWnkxoNYMI/AAAAAAAAABE/xalnUL4R4D0/s320/IMG_2806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117680801815552194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sylvie takes a look out the window for Daddy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-5657265223273985969?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/5657265223273985969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-6336542560460790788</id><published>2007-10-04T18:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T20:48:01.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blockhead</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWldxoNYLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/ZkazYc4YHvI/s1600-h/IMG_2712.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWldxoNYLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/ZkazYc4YHvI/s320/IMG_2712.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117678482533212338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWiWxoNYJI/AAAAAAAAAAs/52sxU7OG-Rw/s1600-h/IMG_2709.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWiWxoNYJI/AAAAAAAAAAs/52sxU7OG-Rw/s320/IMG_2709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117675063739244690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWzuBoNYSI/AAAAAAAAABw/hXr7VS1tDzw/s1600-h/IMG_2734.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWzuBoNYSI/AAAAAAAAABw/hXr7VS1tDzw/s320/IMG_2734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117694154868875554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sylvie trying on some budget Halloween costumes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7487562799421484318-6336542560460790788?l=sylvieparker.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/feeds/6336542560460790788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7487562799421484318&amp;postID=6336542560460790788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6336542560460790788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7487562799421484318/posts/default/6336542560460790788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sylvieparker.blogspot.com/2007/10/blockhead.html' title='Blockhead'/><author><name>Sylvie Parker Jenkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14781911135844141006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sPZ61yP0XE8/RwWldxoNYLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/ZkazYc4YHvI/s72-c/IMG_2712.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487562799421484318.post-166628891510904504</id><published>2007-09-26T18:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T20:15:40.764-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sylvie the baseball fan</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-374f229155c100c8" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 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