Yummy Malaysiana: triple berry summer buttermilk bundt

triple berry summer buttermilk bundt

Our toddler left us. Or, at least until Friday. Over the last 2 3/4 years, weve occasionally been blessed with the chance to go away for a few days sans bb. We return well-rested and smiling, sandy grit in the bottom of our suitcases, traces of whatever had vexxed us before we left deliciously eviscerated from memory, and almost giddy with excitement to start scraping spaghetti from the underside of the high chair again. But this is the first time with barely a Sayonara! as he ran out the door or a single Wish you were here! postcard from the road that Jacob has headed out for lazier climes without us. Hes spending a week at the mountain retreat of Camp Grandparents, where hes forced to endure petting zoos, baby pools, wide expanses of fresh air, nonstop adoration, and, no doubt, all of the ice cream he can talk them into.

Meanwhile, Alex and I have been left behind to attend to our assigned daily grinds and realize how totally dull this place is in the morning without a toddler buzzing from room to room at the crack of dawn, pulling on our earlobes to announce, Im awake! Wake UP! and serenading us with ABCs on his guitar. Weve also learned that we share differing interpretations of a weeks Vacation From Parenting. For example, I was thinking that, freed from the daily whirlwind of tight sched! ules, ta ntrums, irregular sleep patterns and spontaneous song-and-dance-and-marching! parties that life with a toddler demands, we could finally get caught up on things that have been neglected for the last 2 3/4 years. My to-do list for this week involves such enticing tasks as Get the apartment painted! Rearrange furniture and pictures! Clean out closets! Meet at gym every day after work, and Back-up and replace laptops. I was also thinking we could read and discuss War and Peace every night before we hit the pillow, but didnt want to be overly ambitious. Alexs comparatively modest list includes such audacious suggestions as Get lots of sleep, get drinks with friends, watch TV with the sound on and the Closed Captioning off, and very little else. Yeah, so who would you rather party with? Its okay, I wont take it personally.