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Jaden got his own full size bed this past Saturday. (Thank you Grandma/Grandpa!)
Hopefully he'll sleep in it all night one of these days. He's been climbing out of bed at 4am and scaring the heck out of me with his sniffling silouette in our doorway.
Time for bed!
/d
I just finished reading Zorro, and it was excellent. I bought this book last June from Cody's in Berkeley, just before they closed for good. As I mentioned in that earlier post, Isabel Allende is one of my favorite authors, and she delighted me again with this novel.
Although not as enthralling as The House of the Spirits, Zorro is still immersive in the same story telling style. Isabelita (as I call her, Ms. Allende to you), Isabelita tells deep rich stories, where she fully connects you with the protagonists by sharing everything about the people that shaped them. Zorro doesn't have the mysticism like her other fairy tale dramas, but instead recounts matter-of-factly (and sometimes comically) how Zorro came to be so amazing. While Spider-Man can be summed up in a half dozen panels (gets super powers when bitten by radio-active spider and is driven by uber-responsibility-remorse after missing an easy opportunity to save his beloved Uncle's life because of his prior apathy) -- Zorro requires 390 pages to fully understand the mystery of his character.
And although the book ends when he's only 20 years old and before any of his heroic Zorro adventures begin, I felt satisfied that the book was complete. There's an epilogue that puts a period on his entire life, but to relive the verteran Zorro who protected "The People" after his rookie outing, we are left to seek out the TV shows, Antonio Banderas and my favorite, the cartoon series that had to share billing with Tarzan and The Lone Ranger.
I'm sure this would make my top ten books ever list. If you read it and disagree, then you'll have learned a bit about me in addition to Zorro. ;-)
/d
starnie took some great photos for us on Christmas Day and Jaden's birthday party.
Click the links or photos above to check them out.
Thanks again starnie!
/d
For Christmas, Jaden got a Fisher Price camera. It's quite indestructable, although the photo quality seems lacking. At least he enjoys it and doesn't fight for our cameras now.
Click the photo to see shots by Jaden at Flickr.
/d
Jaden brought cupcakes to celebrate his birthday with his classroom today. Click the Bday King photo to see more at Flickr.
We had a family party for him on Saturday. I think we have some photos I can upload later.
On his actual birthday (New Years Day), we played with Ethan at Chuck E Cheese.
It's been a busy fun-filled birthday week! Happy 3rd birthday Jaden!
Love,
/daddy
