Kraft Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese Breakdown

Kraft's Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese is packaged in Zip-Pak Resealable packaging - a division of Illinois Tool Works. Their Hi-Cone division invented the 6-pack plastic ring beverage carrier in the 1960s!

Interesting ingredients:

• Annatto: from the lipstick-tree, a color agent
• Potato Starch: Per the International Starch Institute - Denmark produces more potato starch per capita than any other nation!
• Cellulose Powder
• Natamycin: A "natural" mold inhibitor
  

Thanksgiving Part II

A cold bug brought down from Denver is slowly doing in this branch of the Pastalaniec Family. Sean first, then Dave and now Barbara. Dave blames this for accidentally deleting most of the photos of Thanksgiving in Kerrville - we will rescue those from other cameras and post later. Summary - a very nice time with all the Boyces. Sean and Elissa continue to get along famously. It was cold and rainy all weekend in Kerrville, but we had fun inside talking and watching football just the same - congrats to the Ags...

Sean's first cold! He has a runny nose and everything else - even though he does not understand it he has been a trooper. However, he will not sleep more than 7 hours or so at a time - ouch!

Sean's new trick is opening and closing doors - mainly closing since he can't reach a doorknob yet. Right now you cannot ever open a door without assuming the he is right behind, waiting to close it.

As stated in the last post we spent the first Sunday of "Thanksgiving Week" with the Milby clan. Pictures:

Eric and Dave watch Rachel and Sean

Cousin Kayla watches Daniel while massaging Anida's back

Sean and Daniel playing

Rachel, "Patient Zero" for the current Pastalaniec cold epidemic, gets some much needed rest!

Happy Thankgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving at the Pastalaniec Compound in South Houston. Grandma and Dziadziu cooked up a delicious spread, as ususal. Traditional delicacies included Spinach Madeline, Tofurkey, and Rabbit-Free (i.e. vegetarian) dressing along with more normal fare.

Last Sunday we had Thanksgiving with the whole Milby clan, hosted by Anida's sister Teresa. Barb and I also had a double date with Eric and Anida last night - thanks to all the grandparents for baby sitting.

Last Saturday was our Godchild Morgan's baptism at St. Vincent DePaul. It was beautiful - hopefully we will have pictures posted soon...

Sean models a cut lip for his first Thankgiving - also slight bruises on each cheek. Sean is a big fan of the face plant.

Pastalaniec family, minus photagrapher Joanne


Joe and Joanne pull the Tofurkey wishbone

10 Months Old

Happy 10-Month Birthday! Sean is growing and advancing with leaps and bounds. He stood for almost 10 seconds the other day. He thought he was being held up by a shoe lace he was holding up from a shoe in his toy box - psyche!

He seems to be trying to use four words - mama, dada, cat and uh-oh. The uh-oh sound is the most definite and the funniest - he uses it at appropriate times but can only say "uh" not "oh."

For the last week he has been using his walking toys to "walk" around the living room. He pulls up and crawls on every thing. He latest trick is trying to do chin-ups on the dining table.

Halloween Night

Pictures shamelessly lifted from the new re-branded Gator Blog!

Besides making a grab for Morgan, Sean slept through most of Halloween. Dave missed his trick or treating with the Carters and Johnsons for the first time in 5 years. Duty called and he was at ISP Corporate in NJ.

The gangs all here (well, minus sick Braden and sister Gillian) (and mostly awake...)