Recovery (and rescheduling)

Our poor baby boy got sick over the weekend and it was a doozy! That nasty stomach bug sent him to the ER on Monday for some IV fluids, which thank goodness brought him back to his usual happy self. It’s horrible seeing your little one in a hospital, but today you’d never know he’d been sick, and we can look back at it all with some laughter.

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How to Make Homemade Magic Shell

I learned a terribly wonderful thing over the weekend. You know that sort of amazing, delicious albeit waxy chocolate that hardens instantly atop your ice cream? The stuff of your childhood? That you hoped would pool at the bottom or sides of your bowl in large chunks? The stuff that you squirted into your mouth sometimes when no one was looking? (Oh, you didn’t do that?)

You can make it at home. Anytime you want. In a matter of seconds. With really, really good chocolate.

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Local strawberries

Some of the best strawberries can be found, freshly picked, just 4 miles from downtown Davis. It sort of blows my mind sometimes, driving just a few minutes beyond the restaurants and homes and the University, and finding myself surrounded by fields.

P.S. Nearby walnut groves and blossoming Almond trees. And a day-trip to go Strawberry picking on Long Island, NY.