A 3 day weekend.... what to do, what to do????
First off, Dumpling now eats lunch at school, and they asked for a cloth placemat daily. Since it's a Kosher environment, I figured she would need 2, one for meat, one for dairy. I was just going to take a big placemat and cut it in half, but then, I figured I could do better. For the details, head over to the craft blog.
We also took the kiddos to the farmers market. it's always buzy there, like during berry season, but I have NEVER seen it as buzy as during TOMATO season. Wow! the italian families buying vats and vats of tomatoes, filling the trunks of the cars! I simplly couldn't resist and came home with this small 30+ pound bag of roma tomatoes. It took me about 4 hours of prep and 2 hours of cooking, along with the biggest plant of basil I have ever seen (it was as tall as Dumpling and as wide as Beach Ball!!!) to turn these tomatoes into a 10-container batch of homemade tomato sauce. We had it for dinner, it was delicious.
Corn is also in season. Beach Ball likes corn....
Oh wow, I am completely impressed. My new 1st grader needed a placemat too this year, but I just handed him an old one I'd received from an aunt before he was born, and it wasn't either new or attractive back then...
Posted by: Robin | September 03, 2007 at 01:05 AM
She is just too cute! How nicely she has fitted into your family. You are one lucky mama
Posted by: carosgram | September 03, 2007 at 12:11 PM