the thief of bagdad - 1924

go see this film. it has everything, romance, adventure and downright quirkiness - 'The Old Man of the Midnight Sea' and a flying carpet..

***insert 2 day pause***

this is also a silent film, as its age may have hinted at. however, live music was provided by ben model. the music was wonderful, the sky was clear and i was able to watch the stars come out one by one as the sun fell enough to start the film. there was a soft breeze blowing throughout the evening which helped keep the mosquitos at bay. i will have to dig out the baby book as this film has the distinction of being sylvia's first movie, not that she saw much of it. watching us and the audience was much more interesting, that is when she wasn't eating. all of the practice nursing at night came in handy while we were stretched out on our blanket - absolute decadence. i think a feeding under the stars beats the gliders at babies r us.

douglas fairbanks is a great actor, very athletic. i think he's where a lot of the swashbuckling stereotypes come from. the film was wonderfully restored. i was well prepared to see something grainy with streaks and holes running through, but this could have been a black and white film produced just last week. the special effects were marvelous. primarily because nothing felt very cheesy, until a few effects towards the end. many effects were done the easy way, where they were not trying to fool you, but actually used enormous sets, real tigers and thousands of extras.

mission scrubbed

we attempted to get in some extracurricular swimming with sylvia, but the pool was closed due to faint echoes of thunder - wusses! ok, i know lightning is a serious concern, but it was terribly disappointing to get everyone and stuff in the car and arrive only to see an empty pool and gaggles of kids leaving the building. we even called before we started getting ready to make sure the pool was still open. blergh, i say, blergh.

tooth update

the first tooth is visible enough to show some white, perhaps an entire millimeter above the gums. the second tooth is visible only as a dark oval, but from the pattern of tooth one, it looks like the major teething angst may be over. for the record, i was not kept up all night, although i did spend some of my night in the rocking chair, which i hadn't done for a while. after each tooth broke through, there was a day when sylvia ate out of all proportion, making up for lost time. yesterday, we had an afternoon double session which caused me to nearly pass out. the best part is that we have our happy baby back. i had not realized how much the tooth pain had depressed her naturally giddy personality. we're still in the orajel and tylenol stage, but we're definitely over the worst part. today there were giggles that progressed to what could only be called laughter :)