Daily Archives: April 7, 2004

Kael's Adventures

1st Party!

Kael went to his first Birthday party this past Sunday

It was for the daughter of some of our old neighbors..she just turned 1..so she’s obviously just a few months older then Kael. We let him eat Ice Cream (which seems to be his favorite ‘big’ people food – after Cheerios). No cake for the little guy yet though.. We’ve decided to make him wait till his first birthday for cake. A big bonus from the party… we now know what ‘bigger’ toys Kael is interested in.. he kept trying to play with a few of Tess’ toys. His favorite seemed to be a riding/pushing ice cream truck. Pictures are here.

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Kael's Adventures

1st Passover

Passover is this week, and the Big K got to go to his first sedars

Sedars are the big, fancy dinners held on the first 2 nights of Passover. The first night, we went to a friend of my Mom’s house, and since we didn’t know in advance what would be served (ok.. we knew some of it, since it seems everyone has at least a few of the same things) We didn’t let Kael eat anything except his formula and Cheerios (which, by the way, are pretty much the only solid food he gets excited about eating… He should get an endorsement)

The big excitement came Tuesday night, when we had the sedar dinner at my Mom’s house. At Kael’s last checkup, I double checked with the Dr. (who also happens to be Jewish) to see what food Kael would be able to eat at Passover. After getting the OK for the foods I wanted to feed him.. Janice and I talked to my mom, who would be doing all the cooking.. to make sure she cooked a couple small batches of foods without any seasonings, and with as few ‘extras’ as possible. Mainly, I wanted him to eat chopped liver, matzoh, and horseradish… I was overruled on the horseradish – something about melting the poor baby’s sinuses and taste buds. So, Kael’s Passover dinner consisted of Chopped liver, Matzoh, and Cheerios (which I don’t think are technically Kosher…but.. he’s not even 8 months old yet, so I don’t think it really matters.

There’s a .Mac photo-album posted (you can get to it here ) with all the pictures from the big night… but here’s my favorite so far:

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This was taken right after his first bite of Chopped liver… guess it might not be his new favorite food!

Just Stuff

Set up an iCal reminder

And be sure to add a few extra days for standing in line..

Because Lucas has announced the date for the 6th, and final, Star Wars Movies (Episode III, still doesn’t have an officially released name. – Although “Rise of the Empire” is floating around as a possible name, supposedly even marketing materials have been printed up with this name).

May 19th, 2005. Which is a Thursday (odd, only because most movies are released on Weds. or Friday)

Someone save me a seat (or three) in line…

Current Events

Sex is in the news

Seems to be making quite a few headlines in the last day or so…

First, you had Alanis Morrissette’s (That’s probably spelt wrong…but oh well!) “Naked” protest at the Canadian version of the Grammies… she was apparently protesting the FCC (presumably-possibly her record label) making her remove the word Asshole from one of her songs, and replace it with ‘nightmare’. If you want to read all about it click here

Then a judge in Maine (ironically .. ‘Bang’or) has allowed a couple of women to legally jog naked in Maine (isn’t it cold there? I would think that jogging naked in Maine would be….. uncomfortable). Seems Maine law describes indecent conduct as knowingly exposing genitals in public. And, you would think that naked jogging would fall under that description. However, it appears that Maine has decided that a Female’s genitals are ‘primarily’ internal. So, when one of the accused asked the arresting officer if he’d seen her genitals… he responded with a no. Guess the cops in Maine are going to start having to carry speculums to arrest people for indecent conduct. Here’s the link to that article.

And my favorite headline for this week… Everyone knows sex feels good (if it doesn’t… you’re not doing it right). Now, you can (if you’re a male) tell your partner that the more often you have intercourse, the better your chances of avoiding cancer are… sounds like a prescription to a lot of fooling around to me. At least 21 times a month according to the article! Here’s the link Now.. go tell your partner you need help with a medical condition!