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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Nicholas is figuring out how to do new things everyday. One of his favorite toys is the iPhone. He even knows that our old iPod is not nearly as great as the iPhone. He walks around with it either looking at the pictures, pretending to talk, or accidentally dialing. He's trying to figure out the camera too. Right now its a mystery. But he does like to talk to the baby on the screen.

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.

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

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.