McMommy is having a birthday party today, and she wants everyone who's coming to post a recipe of a favorite party food. But the thing is, I just posted recipes for Salmon Fabulosity and Little Lemon Cake recently, and since the former is my party hors d'oeuvre par excellence, and the latter is my latest favorite dessert, I'm fresh out of ingenious food recipes to bring. But I did bake for the occasion:
And in recompense for not having any food recipes to share, I thought I'd offer the following observations. You are probably highly familiar with the first recipe, but the second (although perhaps obvious) is one that is worth recalling, and trotting out, as often as possible.
Recipe for Driving Mama Crazy
(served at my house last night)
Ingredients
1 Son, capable of roaring loudly
1 Daughter, capable of shrieking at a very high pitch
1 small, inconsequential object of no intrinsic value whatsoever
Directions
Son: NOooooo!
Daughter: whiiiine
Son: Nooo NOOOOOO!
Daugher: SHRIeeeeeeeeeeeeK!
Son: ROAOAOAOAOAOR
Daugheter: shRIEeeeeeeEEEEK
Son: ROARRRRR! ROAAARRRRRR!
Daughter: Nooooo. [sound of snatching]
Son: You're MEAN!
Daughter: MINE.
Son: ROOOOOOOOOOOAAARRRRR!
Daughter: SHRIEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!
Son: ROOOOOOOOOOOAAARRRRR!
Daughter: SHRIEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!
Repeat for 10-15 minutes, or until Mama's head explodes.
Recipe for a Peaceful Evening
(served at my house the night before last, and sooo delicious)
Ingredients
1 set obliging grandparents
1 or more grandchildren
1 basketball
1 soccer ball
1 set child-sized golf clubs
1 t-ball set with extra balls
1 child-sized baseball glove
1 sandbox
sunscreen
1 bottle wine
Directions
Apply sunscreen liberally to exposed skin of all humans. Mix greased people thoroughly with remaining ingredients, except wine, and toss all outdoors. Outdoor participation by Mama optional, depending on the state of laundry, floors, and bathrooms. After approximately 2 hours, refresh with drinks and food. Repeat.
If you follow this recipe carefully, and diligently use all the ingredients (except wine) in a single day, you will find that an incredibly early bedtime, with no protests, is the result.
Leaving you with one very long very peaceful evening in an extremely clean house. Enjoy your wine!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Recipes for Life
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17 comments:
your cake looks sooo yummy!!
and your shoes - love em :)
so nice to "see" you again!!
That cake is sooooo yummy. I remember that cake. Lemon cake. mmmmmm
Just checking out the party goers!
Love the shoes...the cake looks delicious!
LOVE the last recipe...perfect!
Yes, those are great ingredients for a good night. I am going to try to think of a tasty dish for you...
That sounds so lovely. Sigh...
That's funny...your first recipe is served almost DAILY at my house!
Now that second recipe...wow, that's one of those ones that comes out on SPECIAL occasions! I think the secret ingrediant is the grandparents....or is it the wine? Hmmmmm....
Thanks for stopping by today and partying it up with us!! You are quite a trooper, especially just getting over a stomach bug!
Oh I have several variations on the driving mama crazy recipe. Still haven't found one I like!
Love the third ingredient on that first one. The screeching is what gets me. My two year old is having some kind of screech week, and I'm well on my way to committing myself to a rocking chair in the attic.
Would that first recipe be befitting for a pie...errrr...cake-throwing contest? I swear, that was our night last night before I sent everyone to be early. Including MYSELF!
I'm passing your recipe for a peacful evening on to my parents tonight. I'm hoping they make it for me this weekend. LOL!!! Love it!
I love the second recipe. I think I may need to try it out. Soon.
I love that -- I don't have two to contend with, but my one can suuuure work a whine.
Under prep for the Peaceful Evening, is that shaken or stirred? I gave up Driving Mama Crazy for Lent... it's working for me so far.
How weird that the SAME RECIPE for driving Mama crazy appeared at our house last night too!
I'm still waiting for the other recipe to show up .... I've got the wine waiting...
The cake and shoes are fantastic!
Great posts!
Recipe for Driving Mom Crazy -- Teenage Variation
1 "everyone made a bad grade"
1 "I'm the only kid I know who hasn't seen that movie"
1 "I don't understand why I can't drive there during a tornado warning"
1 "I'll clean the kitty litter in a minute"
Stir. Set aside. Don't say anything to Mom about the size of her glass of wine.
Ha! I think I have that same recipe for driving mom crazy somewhere in my books.
Just wanted to check the spelling - was it a bottle of wine or a bottle of Whine?! If the latter, I have plenty to spare - I'll mail some! After all, it's good to share, right?
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