Photobombed

At least a couple people have noticed that we actually got a picture of all three of us to replace the year-old one on the sidebar. Thanks to Dan B for that! We need to get up and see Jen soon. Still, I have to note the other options I could have put there.

Like this:
Me: good, for once. Ray: okay, doing his camera smile. Eamon...wha?
Then there's the picture I used:
Seems decent, right?

Wait, let's check the original:
Heh. Nice leg band, E.

Dear (Oh Dear)...

Dear Mom (and Dad, but it was totally Mom's idea)-
Thank you for the food processor. It makes it really really fun to shred zucchini.
Perhaps too much fun. You just put the zucchini in the top and WHOOP it's gone. I had to do it a second time. Four cups of shredded zucchini.

On that note, thanks for teaching me to always have lots of staples in my pantry.

And thanks to both my mother and my mother-in-law for supplying us with lots of bakeware.
(This loses something in scale...that would be two loaves of zucchini bread (well, one and nine-tenths loaves) PLUS an 9x13 pan. I needed one loaf for the block party this weekend so, yeah, too much fun.)

And mom: thanks for the cinnamon chips. I probably should stop making bread for today, but... soon.

I'm going to go eat some zucchini bread now. And look for some other reason to shred vegetables.

Love,
Laura

PS- The recipe is a 1996 Cooking Light recipe that I can't find online but will email at request. It's yummy and makes two loaves (if you don't have a zucchini-shredding fetish and double the recipe), one of which can be frozen. If you don't eat the first one before they cool.

A Boy and His Hose

E is growing in so many ways. All of a sudden, he can do so many things (like open some doors, eek). The ability to pull the trigger on our hose? Probably near the top of his list of new favorite skills.

Determining which pots are planted and which are weeds? Still working on that.
Along with not drowning the basil.


But the joy? He has that in spades.