Weekend: The Good, The Bad, and the Zucchini

Millie woke up with a vicious cold on Saturday. She was a wreck, but one thing always cheers her up: playing in the basement with Daddy. So I spent Saturday making pesto while Tony and Millie played "mad scientist" in the laundry room. You never know what a toddler might become obsessed with next, I guess.


Sunday was a new day. It was beautiful so we decided to get out of dodge and headed to Stillwater. Before going down the hill to Lumberjack Days, we played in Teddy Bear Park. For those of you who have children and have not been there, go, go now!








Lumberjack Days was a blast. Millie got to jump around in a couple of those inflatable jumpy thingies and then we had a little family picnic by the river. Very Norman Rockwell...but with porta-potties.

We also caught the tail-end of the Lumberjack Days Parade. The tail-end lasted two hours. I'm not kidding. Watching Millie's face light up with each new flag-filled float was amazing, and well worth the skipped nap.

Today I tackled a State Fair sized zucchini that our friends Tracy and Scott sent over from their garden. It was a heck of a work-out to grate the thing. I made a double batch of zucchini bread and it turned out to be a heavenly, 300-calories-per-serving-"what-diet?" treat. And I still have two-thirds of a grated zucchini left. I froze the rest in individual baggies so I should be able to make zucchini bread all winter long. Thanks Tracy!

(The pen is for size reference)


Now, I know what you're thinking. "Alex, we know you are a domestic goddess, but how in the world did you get all that done while caring for a sick toddler?" Well, she napped for four and a half, count 'em, four and a half hours. Bliss.