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A farewell to summer

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This is the kids’ last week of summer camp, and I’m supposed to be making sure I have everything ready to start school next week. I scheduled a good bit of other stuff this week, too, though, so that’s been a slower process than it ought to be. And also I seem to have misplaced all of my words and at least a third of my brain capacity. The summer slide: Not just for children.

Anywho, here’s what we’re eating for dinner this week.

Monday: Breakfast for Dinner
Rockford had to go out for a work dinner, but he made pancakes before he left. He’s a good guy.
Tuesday: Parmesan chicken tenders
This was going to be Crispy Garlic Chicken, but then chicken tenders were on sale. So we’re tenderizing. Or something like that.
Wednesday: Thai chicken pizza
Our barbecue chicken pizzas have been great. The taco pizza was just OK. The Thai chicken pizza is going to be phenomenal.
Thursday: Tacos
We’re celebrating Rockford’s birthday a day early. I’m giving him the gift of tacos.
Friday: Chicken salad sandwiches
Poppy has theater performances on Friday and Saturday, so our weekend schedule is a little wonky. She’ll be dining with the cast, Pete will be with a friend, and Rockford and I will eat sandwiches as we drive people to and fro.
Diversions

The baked cheesecake KitKat taste test

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Rockford takes trips to Japan fairly often. Japan has some 200 flavors of KitKat. So it naturally follows that when Rockford comes home from Japan, he comes home with KitKats.

The cheesecake KitKat is meant to be baked before consumption. I expected it to be a little creamy, but it wasn’t at all. It was pretty much just a melty KitKat. It was sweet, with a prevailing flavor of sweetness and sugary undertones.

It was not my favorite.

Diversions

How to give the best present at the baby shower

Rockford’s mother gave us the little white blanket around the time Poppy was born. It bounced from crib to playpen for a few years, but it didn’t meet its true destiny until 2007. That’s when Pete was born, and his big sister bestowed upon him his Very Favorite Thing of All Things. Pete and White Blankie have been fast friends ever since.

As scientifically proven by Linus Van Pelt, there is little more adorable than a little boy and his favorite blankie. So a few years ago when my brother Perry Mason and his wife told us they were expecting, I set out to find their child’s very own Special Blanket. I searched neither far nor wide, though, because I was already familiar with Erin Glaser’s work.

I contacted Erin about making a custom-made piece for my nephew-to-be, and she was happy to help. My brother is a big fan of the Detroit Tigers, so I asked Erin to incorporate that into the baby quilt. The result is sweet, whimsical and tigery.

quilt

Erin has a gift for pulling together colors and patterns in unexpected ways, and I love nearly every quilt in her shop. Looking for something sophisticated? The Modern Baby Quilt, Polka Dot and Woodland Quilt are perfect. Is your baby more Comic-Con than Pottery Barn? Erin’s got you covered from superheroes to Harry Potter to Doctor Who.

I’m saving my pennies for a colorful, modern quilt of my own to snuggle with on my couch.

Check out Out of Character Quilts on etsy! Which one’s your favorite?

(This is not a sponsored post. I just really love her stuff.)