detours

another week (and weekend) have flown by... does it ever slow down??

last week tuesday, i had a hankering for burgers and shakes. bryan, being the superb husband that he is, obliged my whimsy and made hamburgers with white cheddar, and chocolate shakes. ahh, his hamburgers are the things of dreams. the ground beef, from the outpost, was so delicious it needed to seasoning. and who can resist a homemade chocolate shake??

wednesday was "use that vegetable" day; mainly, we needed to use tomatoes! bryan made a pasta with mushrooms, red tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, basil, yellow squash, and garlic. although it was meatless, that pasta, along with a salad and breadsticks, STUFFED me. made for delicious lunch leftovers the next day.

thursday, bryan again bowed to my fancy, and we made a big pile of nachos. inspired by a recipe from saveur, we piled corn chips with 3 kinds of cheese (provolone, muenster, and cheddar), refried beans, chorizo, our bread and butter pickled jalapenos, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. they did not disappoint!

our weekend was equally fantastic. saturday, oliver woke up around 3:30 with some gas, but we were able to get him back down - and then he slept until 7:30! we spent the morning running errands, as we are apt to do. we had a lovely lunch together of fuggets (i.e., Fake chicken Nuggets), pears, and sour cream & chive potato chips. i'm not normally a fan of potato chips not made by bryan in my own kitchen (not that i'm spoiled or anything), but the kettle brand aren't half bad. oliver chowed down and we got through the meal without having to break out any baby food! that afternoon, we went to a birthday party for the daughter of katherine, a girlfriend from high school. we had to make a small detour on the way there to buy some baby motrin, as oliver started crying like nobody's business in the car and wouldn't quit. teething stinks. we made it to the party though. katherine's daughter, charlotte, turned 3. she is such a beautiful little girl; absolutely precious! katherine is pregnant and absolutely glowed. oliver had a blast observing all the big kids, and we headed home prior to meltdown time.

sunday morning, again oliver woke up early (4) then slept in until 7:30. doing that really throws his schedule for the day, but i like the feeling that i'm sleeping in! i made pancakes and bacon for breakfast (which both oliver and bryan decimated), then we headed out for a bike ride. the weather couldn't have been more perfect for it, and we had a great time. mom came over, and after a delicious lunch of grilled tomato and cheese, we headed to(wards) the cedarburg wine & harvest festival, held in downtown cedarburg, with events centered around the cedar creek winery. the directions i had were different than the way we've gone out there before, but i decided to trust google maps. oops. let's just say that the google maps way took twice as long (and thus an hour), took us on an extra long detour (due to construction), and necessitated a slightly panicked call to my father in law (since the stop sign and church we were stopped at were the first things other than fields and farm houses that we had seen for 20 minutes). we did eventually make it, and spent a good hour and a half attempting to maneuver the stroller through the crowds. mom and i had a glass of wine, so that pretty much met my expectations, and bryan got to eat some greek food, so he was happy. one of the vendors was selling little golden books for $1, so we picked up a stack for ollie. he loves reading. :) oliver held up pretty well; he started to get a little cranky, but a few greek butter cookies took care of that. we were able to stroll up and down among the vendors (which made me realize that local or not, the same festivals have all the same crap, and which made bryan realize all he needs in life are electronics). they had giant carved pumpkins; the pumpkins themselves were impressive, though the carvings were a little creepy. we took the much quicker way home (which still involved a small detour).


after a sweaty nap, oliver enjoyed his dinner tremendously:



we had planned on making a delicious morrocan chicken dish last night, but the bird was still frozen solid when we arrived home. while oliver and bryan napped, i made the executive decision to have pizza. :) we had picked up one from the outpost, made by the folks there, to have on hand for an easy night. bryan and i devoured it in no time, and so we needed to pick up frozen custard. we had to go to target after dinner to buy dog food, so it just made sense, really. ;) tonight we'll have the chicken, which is perfect, as today is the first day of fall and dinner will mark the first day of le creuset dutch oven cooking for us. :)