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Since buying a juicer, I find myself with a lot of kale in the fridge. Today I decided to see what a kale salad would taste like.

I cut up some kale leaves into little shredded strips, added equal portions of carrots and tomatoes. Then added a diced avocado into the mix. Finally, topped it all off with lemon infused olive oil and sweet balsamic vinaigrette.

I left the thick center stems of the kale leaves out. The leaves are tough enough without trying to chew through half a tree branch.

After all that, it tastes pretty good. Probably because the other ingredients hide the kale taste pretty well.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/72946/ProfilePic.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1bjDaOAUVyN Nathan Wenzel nwenzel Nathan Wenzel Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:56:30 -0800 Sunrise in Kauai http://nathanwenzel.com/sunrise-in-kauai http://nathanwenzel.com/sunrise-in-kauai

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From our condo in the Kauai Beach Villas http://www.riversidealohakauai.com/ we walked out to the beach bright and early to watch the sunrise. Jenn and Nicholas look pretty happy for 7:00am in the morning. Must be the 2 hour time change.

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Nicholas loved the beaches in Kauai. His favorite beach was in Poipu because he could walk out into the water without a giant wave knocking him over.

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Nicholas is ready to go for a walk. It's cold outside so he bundles up. Then he walks around saying, "hat, hat, hat."

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Nicholas is growing up so fast. He got his first haircut about a month ago. Yesterday he got his first junk mail. I'm not sure where he's submitting his info, but I guess we'll have to pay more attention to his internet usage. You know, now that he's 1.

I guess I should be glad it's just junk mail. At least his email account isn't filling up with spam.

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Nicholas has some fun at the park on his last day before his first haircut. One last chance to show off his moppy look.

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It's not easy being a little boy at the playground. Luckily, Nicholas recovered nicely with only a bump and a bruise left after his playground misstep. Besides, you hardly notice that bump after he landed face first on the floor a few days later.

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Getting voted Best Hair in your playgroup comes with a lot of pressure. It's hard to look this good everyday.

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Nicholas now eats apples. Not cut up apples. He takes half of a peeled apple and chows down. He also still has the best hair of all the kids in his play group. They voted.

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I'm not sure when babies are supposed to learn to walk. But this week Nicholas went from taking two or three steps to walking across the room. Saturday, the day before his mom returned from her big work trip, was when he really kicked it into high gear.

So he's walking... now what?

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The key reading someone else's text messages on a train is subtlety. A crowded train helps you get closer to someone without raising suspicion. But the best way is to have your 10 month old son do your dirty work for you. No ever suspects the baby.

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There's really no need to cut the noodles. In fact, the longer the noodle, the longer Nicholas was distracted, the longer we could eat in peace.

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Nicholas tries Pancit for the first time. We can add Filipino noodles to his list of favorite foods. He ate them by the handful. Or by the half-handful since the other half ended up on his bib or face or floor.

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For his half birthday, Nicholas had fun at the park with mommy and daddy. He likes to ride in the boat and watch all the older kids run all over the place.

But he had the most fun riding in the swing. Since he's a lot like his mother, he wanted to do it all by himself except for getting in, being pushed, and getting out.

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Nicholas tried rice cereal, but didn't like it. Then he tried avocado and loved it. He motored through probably a quarter of an avocado. Some ended up on his hands, face, pants, and bib. But most of it managed to find it's way to his stomach.

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We just has our first extended hands-free feeding of Mr. Nicholas. By hands-free I mean my hands were free. Not his.

Productivity. Pass it on.

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Nicholas and I braved frigid winter temperatures in the mid-50s and an unrelenting light drizzle to get to our local florist to pick up a custom bouquet of flowers for Jennifer's birthday.

While trying to take this picture, Nicholas dumped the full vase on the floor. So Jennifer gets some extra laundry for her birthday too.

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Nicholas has outgrown his mini-suitcase bed. He spends the night tossing and turning, rolling from one side to the other and eventually all the way out of his bed.

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For his first flight, we stuck Nicholas in the middle seat. Seat 8E. We figured he was small enough that being squeezed into a coach class middle seat wouldn't bother him too much. Here he is complaining that his dad is invading his personal space.

He did great on the flight. He slept for all but the last five minutes which he spent looking out the window, checking out the overhead lighting, and watching the on board TVs.

We did what we could to make it easy for him. We gave him his bottle and pacifier to deal with cabin pressure changes during take-off and landing which may or may not have helped. We arrived an hour and a half early so that any delay getting through the airport wouldn't result in a mad dash with a bouncing baby. But most importantly, we flew on a Tuesday evening so the plane was only three quarters full.

Hopefully all our flights go as smoothly as the first.

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