Saturday Morning Popwiches

We have a ritual now where I get the popovers ready just as soon as I get up. Patrick and I play while they cook and then we all eat popovers either stuffed with scrambled eggs or fruit.

They are scrumptious. I also made "Nana's peaches" today with the less-than-great peaches I got at Safeway yesterday. You basically put a small pan on high and then throw in the cut up fruit with some sugar and a little water. You cook it for like 10 minutes and *poof* you have a great fruit spread for your toast or popovers.

We've been having fun watching the Olympics. I'm sad it's over tomorrow but this time I will make sure to watch the whole ceremony. I missed most of the beginning extravaganza but I won't this time.

These days, Patrick can

• find your nose,
• blow you a kiss,
• play peek-a-boo with his hands over his face,
• say mama, dada, water, dog, cat (for cat he says with a high pitched voice - aaahhhh - his version of meow), snack, balloon, banana, nap, fruit, yogurt, milk, moo - like a cow, book, out, up, that, what's this, what's that, moon, leaf, hot, fish...that's all I can think of for words right now.
  
• roll the toilet paper into a pile on the ground,
• race past me crawling to splash in the dog water bowl before I pick him up,
• hug and kiss you all day long,
• plays sitting up on his knees and bounces on them...walking is not far behind
• empty the contents of my wallet in about 5 seconds
  
• identify all balloons and dogs and cats in his surroundings,
• and put down more Larabars than any kid I know. He really likes the cashew cookie ones.

Saturday mornings make me think of the Chicago song Saturday in the Park. Just happy and relaxed. Now that Sean's back at school, it's sort of another regular day for Patrick and me. But that's okay, we get to have fun Saturday nights. This Saturday night, tonight, we're excited to go get the last bobblehead at the Diamondbacks game. This time though, I think we're just going to get the doll, cruise around a bit at the ballpark and then leave to get some tasty grub. Maybe that Caribbean place I was reading about lately, Breadfruit. I wish Pasta Bar was open already, 'cause that's where I would want to go for sure. It's Wade Moises' (formerly of Sassi Restaurant) new restaurant with all freshly made pasta and locally sourced ingredients. Yowza, that will be goOOoooOOod!

For now, I'm off to clean up from breakfast. And before I forget, I have been meaning to mention my favorite cleaning products. Besides Oxyclean, which is necessary for a little baby, I love using my Seventh Generation Lemongrass and Clementine Zest dish soap, which almost makes me enjoy cleaning...almost. I also love my all purpose cleaner that I use as my floor cleaner in my floor mate (almost necessary with an all tile floor house) and as my general countertop spray cleaner - I just keep refilling my spray bottle with water and about 1.5 teaspoons of the cleaner. I use Mrs. Meyer's Lavender all purpose cleaner. It's the most wonderful smell (I imagine it's what an orange grove in Provence would smell like) and you only use a smidge to get things clean. Great!

TTFN.