Baby shower prep.
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rivkaI've got two quiches in the oven (plum tomato, chevre, and fresh thyme) and three in the fridge (two mushroom-garlic-swiss and one asparagus-parmesan). There are two loaves of zucchini bread wrapped in foil and sitting on top of the toaster oven. The frozen punch ingredients which are supposed to thaw are in the fridge; the room-temperature punch ingredients which are supposed to chill are waiting for the last two quiches to go into the fridge so they can fill up the spaces around them.
In the morning, Michael will go to the bakery and retrieve the cake. I forgot to call and double-check the cake order, but that doesn't matter because there will be no problems. I will make a tossed green salad and a fruit salad. If I can get those done by 9am (which is reasonable; the salad greens are prewashed and won't need to be torn up), I will have two whole hours for setup and final staging before the party.
Just before the guests arrive I will start reheating one of each kind of quiche and make the punch, and Michael will make coffee. We'll also have fresh apple cider, not the alcoholic kind but the unfiltered-apple-juice kind.
Four more people have RSVPed, bringing the total number of confirmed attendees to 25 if you count me and Michael.
I have a pretty little perfect-bound notebook for people to fill with encouragement and advice for the mothers-to-be.
I have one solitary game, because Googling for "baby shower games that don't suck" leads you to a bunch of websites written by dirty liars. The game is a "famous mothers" quiz, composed by me. Sample item: "This unwed teenager's unplanned pregnancy kicked off a new world religion." My plan is to read them out and reward correct answers with candy. I hope I have gotten the mix of easy and hard items right.
I have wrapped our present to the mothers-to-be.
I have one pre-party and two during-party jobs for Alex so that she will feel included and not wreak havoc. Before the party, she will go down to the basement and pick out some infant toys to entertain the two infant guests. As guests arrive, her job will be to put presents on the gift table, or, if the presents are too big for her to carry, she will show the guests where to put them. (That last refinement was her own idea.) During the game, she will hand out candy to the victors.
I'm so excited about our friends' pregnancy. They're both wonderful with children, and I know they've always wanted to have kids. Our sons will only be six weeks or so apart in age; they'll grow up together at church.
This shower is a lot of work. But I am incredibly thrilled to be able to do it for them.
In the morning, Michael will go to the bakery and retrieve the cake. I forgot to call and double-check the cake order, but that doesn't matter because there will be no problems. I will make a tossed green salad and a fruit salad. If I can get those done by 9am (which is reasonable; the salad greens are prewashed and won't need to be torn up), I will have two whole hours for setup and final staging before the party.
Just before the guests arrive I will start reheating one of each kind of quiche and make the punch, and Michael will make coffee. We'll also have fresh apple cider, not the alcoholic kind but the unfiltered-apple-juice kind.
Four more people have RSVPed, bringing the total number of confirmed attendees to 25 if you count me and Michael.
I have a pretty little perfect-bound notebook for people to fill with encouragement and advice for the mothers-to-be.
I have one solitary game, because Googling for "baby shower games that don't suck" leads you to a bunch of websites written by dirty liars. The game is a "famous mothers" quiz, composed by me. Sample item: "This unwed teenager's unplanned pregnancy kicked off a new world religion." My plan is to read them out and reward correct answers with candy. I hope I have gotten the mix of easy and hard items right.
I have wrapped our present to the mothers-to-be.
I have one pre-party and two during-party jobs for Alex so that she will feel included and not wreak havoc. Before the party, she will go down to the basement and pick out some infant toys to entertain the two infant guests. As guests arrive, her job will be to put presents on the gift table, or, if the presents are too big for her to carry, she will show the guests where to put them. (That last refinement was her own idea.) During the game, she will hand out candy to the victors.
I'm so excited about our friends' pregnancy. They're both wonderful with children, and I know they've always wanted to have kids. Our sons will only be six weeks or so apart in age; they'll grow up together at church.
This shower is a lot of work. But I am incredibly thrilled to be able to do it for them.
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Date: 2008-10-18 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-18 02:48 am (UTC)I think it's tasty.
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Date: 2008-10-18 02:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-18 02:59 am (UTC)Damn, I wish our replacement camera had arrived.
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Date: 2008-10-18 03:01 am (UTC)