{"id":2495,"date":"2014-02-23T05:31:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T05:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2014-02-23T05:31:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T05:31:28","slug":"the-regular-rhythm-of-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/23\/the-regular-rhythm-of-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"The regular rhythm of Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent all morning and the early afternoon at school, turning out French toast for a breakfast with the president of the Utah chapter of the American Culinary Federation (turned out she wasn’t hungry and didn’t eat a thing), washing mountains of dishes, and getting briefed on our team’s strategy for this year’s competition.<\/p>\n

Next Saturday is my first black box competition, which is a competition where the judges put out surprise ingredients and you have to turn out a meal in an hour (like the show, Chopped)<\/em>. I am so nervous and am sure I will panic and blank, but it will be good experience. At the library today I checked out a ton of cookbooks on dessert because after the Saturday competition our team will have a pow-wow and decide what dessert we will make at the November ACF competition. It has to be an autumn-appropriate dessert that’s traditional but with some kind of modern twist. I saw a recipe for persimmon tea cake with kumquat glaze and thought that looked promising. We’ll see what my teammates think.<\/p>\n

When I came home, I found this:<\/p>\n

\"Abe<\/a>
Abe made me pancakes, and Lydia scribbled a post-it note for me. It was so sweet. Also, Abe makes better pancakes than I do. Mine always come out so uneven.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then we all took naps–except for Lydia, who would occasionally pop in our room announcing hunger or a desire to engage in some kind of activity requiring Abe and me to exert energy we simply didn’t have. I wish I were a super high-energy person; I could be such a better mom! Instead, I end up mumbling directions to Lydia from bed on how to procure herself animal crackers and cookies.<\/p>\n

After Mary woke up, Abe and I dragged ourselves out of bed and took the girls to the library and on a round of errands.<\/p>\n

When we got home, Lydia burst into tears at the prospect of dinner and begged to go “straight to bed” instead. Since she’d snacked \u00a0a lot in the car, we obliged. Mary stayed up and ate animatedly with us. She has a new word! When we ask her how her day went, she smiles and says, “guh” for “good.” I am so worried because up until now, her only word has been “bah” for “bye.” Now at least she has a two word repertoire.<\/p>\n

Then Abe and I watched the Olympics and I wasted time online. Abe still has to plan his lesson tomorrow, so I’m going to do some homework and then go “straight to bed,” just like Lydia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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