SUNDAY NEWS
January 25, 2009
Both Lori and Karl have become addicted to Facebook. Karl had to buy Facebook for Idiots at the Barnes & Noble bookstore because it bothered him that some of his friends knew how to use a whole of applications that he could not figure out. The lady who helped us at the book store compared Facebook to crack cocaine. That may not be much of an exaggeration. For the record, Lori has more than twice as many friends as Karl of course.
In the spirit of getting read y for the Super Bowl next Sunday, we thought you might be interested to know that the Cardinals are the oldest professional American football club in the United States. The team known now as the Arizona Cardinals was originally formed in 1898 in Chicago by Chicago painter/builder Chris O'Brien. In 1901, the team gained longstanding identification when O'Brien, finding a bargain, bought used jerseys from the nearby University of Chicago. The jerseys were faded maroon in color, prompting O'Brien to declare, "That's not maroon, it's cardinal red!" The club's permanent nickname was born! The Cardinals are also known as "The Big Red" and "The Cardiac Cards".
Very Vayden
Vayden is 4 months old today! This week Vayden got a jumper. She is a little bouncing ball now. She can multi-task by jumping with her feet, twirling one of the twirley things with her hands and never take her eyes of her favorite program on Noggin. She laughs a lot these days at all kinds of things. She really thinks her Dad is riot. She laughs at that goofy guy all the time. Karl got in trouble for spiking Vayden’s bottles. He was adding a little formula powder to each breast milk bottle Lori would leave when she would go to work. It kept her full longer and she seemed to sleep better.
Completely Christian
Christian got in trouble this week at school. Apparently they made a big deal at school on inauguration day. Christian exercised his freedom of expression (a right we once had in America) and voiced that he was less enthused about Obama becoming president. Apparently this was unacceptable to his teacher. A standoff of wills began which landed Christian in the principal’s office.
Family Stories
The Only One in Class who didn’t get Homework
Speaking of Christian and school, here is a story from Christian’s academic endeavors. When Christian came home from school one day, Lori asked him if he had any homework to do. Christian announced that it was his lucky day because he was the only one in the class that didn’t have to do any homework. Lori found this a little hard to believe, so she probed Christian about the subject. It took some doing to get to bottom of it, but ultimately this is what happened:
The homework assignment was passed out by Christian’s teacher on a sheet of paper like has been done for decades. Christian happened to be at the end of his row and the count had been short leaving him without a homework assignment sheet. Christian figured that it was his lucky day and he didn’t have to do the homework assignment.
Judge Judy is Better
When Alyssa was just 5 years old, Karl took her to court with him one day. At the time, Karl was working as a prosecutor and was assigned to the Scottsdale Justice Court. Since Karl worked in front of the same judge everyday he and the judge had become friends. In fact this is the judge who married Lori and Karl.
At the time, Alyssa used to watch Judge Judy on television with her grandma Phyllis so she knew a little bit about court. Karl had a trial to do that day and Alyssa asked in front of the judge if she could sit up at the table and help her Dad. Unbelievably the judge told her she could! So Alyssa at 5 years old sat at counsel’s table for an entire trial that day. She helped by handing him papers and putting stickers on exhibits. The trial took about 2 hours, and after it was over, Karl asked Alyssa what she thought of the experience. The first thing she wanted to know was why Karl had gotten mad at the judge. Karl’s tone and the way Karl argued in closing arguments appeared to Alyssa to be the same kind of tone that Karl had when someone was in trouble.
Probably very few if any 5 years olds have every had to opportunity to sit at counsel’s table during an actual trial. Karl told Alyssa how lucky she was and asked her what she thought of that. Her remark was as follows: “Well Dad, I like Judge Judy better.”
