Saturday, May 23, 2009

things to do while (still) pregnant...

1. bake rhubarb things...since our CSA (community supported agriculture - we city folks buy a share of weekly organically-produced fruits & veggies from area farmers - fresh, yummy produce!) provided us with rhubarb this last shipment and i had NO CLUE what to do with it, i sent a hasty e-mail recipe request out to some of my aunties in wisconsin, and boy, they did not disappoint! this one (courtesy of aunt judy) is "rhubarb dessert." Y-U-M...i am hoping for more rhubarb in the next few shipments (griffin and ivy would second and third that!) just so i can make this again, but i want to know...who is the person who first thought "hey, let's throw down some marshmallows and then a bunch of rhubarb, and then, i don't know how about some jello and maybe some half-and-half and then let's stick some cake mix on top of that mess and bake it all up nice and see what happens?"...god bless the midwest. (and again, YUM!)


2. wash your car with your almost-two-year-old...be sure to do it in a sexy old ripped up shirt...hey maybe if you keep squatting getting those rims cleaned, it'll induce labor (it didn't)...but SERIOUSLY, ivy squealed with delight the ENTIRE time! afterwards i fed her lunch, and by the end she was falling asleep in her high chair - from there it was upstairs for a THREE-HOUR nap! can't complain about any of that now, can i?

the high mistress of the hose, once again
3. go out for dinner (and, more importantly, ice cream!!) with your family...marvel and thank god for your well-behaved daughter who ate her broccoli with the same amount of gusto as her ice cream...seriously, you wouldn't know which she prefers more!
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