sputniks

One Year On ...

2012-01-08T20:08:00.001Z

Untitled from J Sputnik on Vimeo.

Soul Warmer

2011-12-12T19:05:00.002Z

LV-426

2011-10-08T21:29:00.001Z

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SchoolGirl

2011-09-18T08:22:00.001Z

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Ginger Hill

2011-08-28T20:58:00.014Z

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Likes

2011-08-04T20:27:00.024Z

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A Hoo Hill Summer

2011-07-20T22:44:00.000Z

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Expression & Achievement

2011-07-19T22:12:00.000Z

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The Mad House

2011-07-18T21:30:00.001Z

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Happy LaraDay ! xxxx

2011-07-15T22:52:00.000Z

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Terminal

2011-07-12T22:36:00.000Z

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Camp Blakeney & Salthouse

2011-05-30T21:04:00.000Z

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Barnacles

2011-05-15T20:39:00.000Z

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Snowdon

2011-05-13T16:22:00.001Z

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The Best Apple Pie In The World

2011-05-05T22:22:00.000Z

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May in Nottingham

2011-05-02T20:04:00.000Z

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April in Dartmoor

2011-05-01T19:56:00.000Z

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Tired Of Bouncing

2011-04-19T21:24:00.009Z

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Life in the US (United Sputdom)

2011-02-06T11:48:00.021Z

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Bones

2011-02-02T20:52:00.001Z

On the subject of the integrity of Carbon Dating...

Me: "So how can you tell if a bone that you have dug up is two weeks old and from the chicken and chips shop around the corner, or if it is from a dinosaur and has been there for a thousand years?"

OJ: "How dirty it is?"

Six (Somebody Elses Birthday)

2011-01-21T12:08:00.001Z

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Meet The Sputniks

2011-01-06T10:14:00.002Z

Robyn Keziah Sutcliffe

2011-01-05T22:46:00.003Z

Born GMT1629 5th January 2011
Weighing 7lb13oz

A 2010 Montage

2010-12-30T21:15:00.001Z

Five More Days ... ish.

2010-12-30T18:40:00.000Z

Christmas Octopus

2010-12-18T22:11:00.003Z

OJ hung this decoration on the tree. He said it's an Octopus.
Yes, it could well be.

Room Refurbishment

2010-12-18T21:59:00.002Z

Space Surgery

2010-11-07T20:54:00.002Z

Until today, the last time Owen mentioned the subject of creation/evolution, was when he was reminding us that, before the world was created, he was actually a superhero who helped God make the planet. That was a while ago.

Over breakfast he piped up:
OJ: "God made the world before he made people".
I smiled, nodded and made an affirming noise.
OJ: "Otherwise the people would have fallen through into space."
And then Lara added, enthusiastically;
"Yes, and then they would need to go to the doctor's"

I enjoyed that.

Mother & Baby

2010-10-30T08:29:00.002Z

by Lara Brooks

Creative & Resourceful

2010-10-30T08:23:00.001Z

A Hairy Caterpillar and A Millipede (obviously). And temporary sleeping arrangements.

March Visit

2010-10-30T08:17:00.001Z

Clouds

2010-10-30T08:05:00.003Z

LBS: "When you were four years old you were a GongGong"
Me: "A GongGong?"
LBS: "A baby GongGong."

I love all this. I remember the days of Byabiaboya, Patakit and his pet Drog (a multi-faceted alien monster bug type creature).

LBS did these cloud pictures in her first couple of weeks at pre-school. I think they're brilliant.

Grafted In

2010-10-30T07:55:00.002Z

Somewhere Out There

2010-08-30T18:16:00.003Z

I have a red planet, or so I am told. It's called Miegla Englordip.

Lara has a pink rocket. She also has a pink planet. They are both called Caesar Glarza. Notably, the planet has chairs. Pink chairs and blue chairs. Orbiting it, at a fair distance, are 4 moons. Two yellow, one green, and one tiny moon which is also green.

Every night after going to bed, Owen turns invisible before going to the shed, unlocking the shed, and fetching all the equipment he needs to build a special and important machine. This is what he uses to transport himself across time and space to SuperBugFishLand. The machine is not unlike a green plastic garden chair, with the legs chopped off. The chair comes fully equipped with a safety harness (my red bungee chord) and the device is propelled by an enormous jet engine bin (which looks a little like the bin that I use in the shed). Cleverly disguised as black plant pots, in between the seat and the bin, are "shooters - in case there are any comets in the way". Owen points out that an important part of the superstructure is a large wooden cube that is under the seat, as well as "some grey string that holds the red thing". Apparently, the device is powered by a magic spell from a good witch, & Owen doesn't need a spacesuit because he can breathe both in space & in SuperBugFishLand.

I love kids' imaginations.

At the moment, Owen thinks that his baby sibling will be a baby brother, which he thinks should be named Newo Aral. Lara, thinks that she will have a baby sister called Newo Echo. Hmmm, interesting.

NanoSutters

2010-08-03T21:35:00.003Z

A Note-Worthy Week

2010-08-03T21:09:00.004Z

This week Lara had her first swimming lesson. The instructor commented that she was so excited by the realisation that, not only did she float, but by paddling she could actually move, that she was a little reluctant to return to the side of the pool to receive instructions!

A bee also stung Lara, who was curious and wanted to pick it up. We also had family visits to both the dentist and the cinema, which were fun. Lara was in her element with unlimited access to her bag of chocolate stars, generously sharing them, even when not requested. Owen was a little harder to prise from his toffee popcorn. He also found the prospect of seeing Buzz Lightyear melt down in a fiery furnace a little disturbing :S

Owen returned from the cinema and asked for his tool bag (from G.Aunt Jo & Fam). I don't know where the idea came from, but he had a plan and was on a highly focused mission. He drew some pencil lines on some wood and told me where he wanted me to saw them, and before I new it, he had designed and built a bird table!!

This evening he walked into the room after brushing his teeth and declared "I've put my brain behind the radiator in the bathroom because it's too stupid and I've put it there to grow". Er ... OK. LOL.

Ship Of Tools 2010

2010-07-27T23:00:00.005Z

More phots and results table.

Brackettic Magic

2010-07-27T22:53:00.005Z

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France 2010

2010-07-10T22:56:00.006Z

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Pickled OJ

2010-07-10T22:50:00.003Z

1. Collecting pondlife
2. Routeplanners

Spring 2010

2010-07-10T22:40:00.003Z

1. Prescription Glasses
2. Fun Garden chairs, in the days before we sold the Toyota
3. Allotment fun
4. Cranespotter

Even Celebs Need To Pee

2010-03-24T10:27:00.003Z

Fire Starter

2010-03-24T10:22:00.003Z

A new perspective on lighting a bbq from an Afghan friend. A splash of petrol, a match, slow burning (and therefore slow lighting) coals, and an electric fan.
Very effective.

A Welsh Dragon

2010-03-05T10:41:00.000Z

Blue Spud

2010-02-16T13:00:00.000Z

5ive

2010-01-17T21:05:00.002Z

bday5oj @ Yahoo! Video

We Like Snow

2010-01-17T21:01:00.001Z

Mosaic 09

2010-01-09T07:59:00.000Z

Sputn09 @ Yahoo! Video

The School Bus

2010-01-07T08:46:00.001Z

Snow Caterpillar

2010-01-07T08:45:00.002Z

Food, Food, Food & Skating

2009-12-31T17:05:00.000Z

Guess The Superheroes

2009-12-05T16:29:00.001Z

Every Man Needs A Box Of Wires

2009-11-09T13:13:00.000Z

And I like mine.

But the world is changing.

Owen "does" Lara's Hair

2009-11-08T21:15:00.001Z

Ladybird Bags & Helicoplane Fungineering

2009-11-08T21:13:00.000Z

Wisdom from an Innocent Mind

2009-08-17T20:30:00.003Z

[Context: Cutting and sticking coloured paper rocket shapes]

OJS: "Can you give me some sticky tape please"
JPS: "In a minute, I'm trying to find the end"
OJS: "It's not the end, it's the beginning"

Brilliant.

Exploring

2009-08-02T16:26:00.003Z

Coloured Beans & Oscar

2009-08-02T16:06:00.003Z

Thanks A.Sus, U.Jon, C.Kailey

Owen On ... Creation / Evolution

2009-08-02T15:52:00.002Z

Lara On ... "Sting You"

2009-08-02T15:35:00.002Z

Two

2009-07-24T18:53:00.005Z

An Ant

2009-07-24T18:50:00.002Z

L'information Importante d'habillement de Sécurité pour les Voyageurs Internationaux

2009-07-05T23:04:00.001Z

Emprisonnement Du Lézard

2009-07-05T23:00:00.002Z

Entraînement De La Tortue

2009-07-05T22:55:00.001Z

Le Videur

2009-07-05T22:52:00.001Z

A La Plage

2009-07-05T22:43:00.003Z

Autour De La Maison

2009-07-05T22:30:00.004Z

Celebrations

2009-07-05T22:19:00.003Z

Buckle Up In Gotham City

2009-07-05T22:11:00.003Z

Our Little Princess

2009-07-05T22:10:00.002Z

School Boyz

2009-05-15T19:37:00.000Z

Happy Wynday

2009-05-15T19:35:00.000Z

Yoghurt Popsicles

2009-05-15T19:34:00.000Z

Farm Fun

2009-05-15T19:31:00.001Z

We Love Lara

2009-04-11T15:10:00.001Z

The Hat In The Cat

2009-04-07T22:44:00.002Z

Kitchen Heroes

2009-04-07T22:38:00.001Z

Muvver's Day

2009-03-22T23:59:00.003Z

The Greatest DJ

2009-03-16T14:47:00.000Z

Pardon

2009-03-01T00:30:00.000Z

The End Is Nigh

2009-02-28T23:55:00.003Z

Day 3 Kitchen

2009-02-15T21:09:00.001Z

Where can I plug the kettle in ?

2009-02-13T19:48:00.001Z

Snowboarding

2009-02-06T10:31:00.000Z

Piano Disembowelment and other fun

2009-01-31T00:51:00.002Z

Mr.Tickle and the Aliens

2009-01-31T00:42:00.003Z

Lara

My Mommy

Me

4

2009-01-31T00:37:00.003Z

Summer '08 through the Sputnoscope

2008-12-30T11:46:00.006Z

Other short movies from the Sputnocentric Family Archive:

2008 June, France, etc.
2008 April, Romania, etc.
2007 Winter, Chicago, etc.
2007 July, Lara's Scans, Birth, etc.
2006 Summer, Los Angeles, etc.
2005 Winter, Nottingham, etc.
2005 Autumn, Owen Growing Up, etc.
2005 Summer, Chicago, etc.
2005 January, Owen's Birth, etc.
2004 Winter, Cambridge, etc.
2004 Summer, Abi's First Pregnancy, etc.

Xmas in London

2008-12-30T11:40:00.003Z

Xmas in the Midlands

2008-12-30T11:09:00.007Z

A Day In The Life

2008-12-10T11:42:00.002Z

Here's the article:

http://www.bedsonsunday.com/bedsonsunday%2Dnews/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=371944

For once, what the papers say is mostly true.

Ears

2008-12-09T15:42:00.002Z

Lara The Explarrer

2008-10-18T10:20:00.001Z

Yap Yap Yap

2008-10-18T10:18:00.001Z

Alien Invasion

2008-10-18T10:08:00.002Z

10 August 2008

2008-08-22T16:15:00.005Z

A quick run around the block in between deep dish pizza and doughnuts.

One Year On

2008-07-15T13:37:00.004Z

Lara Brooks, Age 1.

The Sputnocentric video archive also shows highlights from Lara's extensive first-year family travels to Romania and France.

Ship Of Tools

2008-07-14T22:44:00.009Z

2008 Bedford River Festival Raft Race.
See the official Results Sheet and more team photos.

Boules, Pool, Sea & Sand

2008-06-29T14:05:00.004Z