Weekend Picture Update

The last few days have had some interesting events for us.

Bog Walk

Alex and I met some local folk at the pub last week who invited him on a bog walk.  What is that you may ask?  Exactly what it sounds like.  A walk through a bog, with a couple of caves thrown in for good measure.

Aiven And His Amazing Appetite

Aiven has the appetite of a high school linebacker.  He is not overweight and I suspect he has his daddy's metabolism (which I would pay a large sum of money for).

He tends to eat heartily all day, not only his own food (organic pouches) but whatever we are eating as well: miso eggplant, pasta, stir fry, bread, etc.  But at night, he eats like Midwesterners at a Las Vegas buffet. It boggles his parents' minds, confounds their budget, and embarrasses them in front of babysitters who suspect that they are starving their child.

Don't Bring Your Kids To My Wedding

Restaurants are banning kids. And now too are brides and grooms. Let me explain…

When Alex and I got married, we hastily formed a minyan in our small New York apartment. At some point Alex offered to pull Jews off the street if not enough showed up. It was the perfect wedding for us, small and intimate.

But my mother was upset. After years of attending her friends’ kids’ weddings, buying gifts, and throwing them showers, she was being denied payback. She wanted to throw a big wedding with all the bells and whistles. Alex and I weren’t interested, but since I am an only child and the guilt was laid on thick, we agreed to a wedding reception in my hometown of Vancouver, B.C.