Wednesday, July 18, 2007
  I know I'm a grown up and all, but I still think veggies are yucky. Sure, I'll eat them but only because I know I'm supposed to cause I'm grown up and I have to set a good example for my kids. But just like the kids, I always have to have a glass of milk handy so I can wash them down quick. And if I had the choice between a lifetime supply of chocolate or a lifetime supply of veggies, I'd definitely go for the chocolate. That's easy. So why, you are probably wondering, do I even bother planting veggies in my garden? Because that's what you're supposed to plant in gardens. Fruit trees take too long and even if I tried planting a peanut M&M it wouldn't grow. So we plant veggies and that there zucchini is from our very own garden patch. We started it from a wee little seed. And then we turned it into something even better--zucchini bread. And I'm pretty certain that's why God gave us zucchinis.
 And while I'm not positive, I'm pretty sure my mom secretly hates vegetables too because everytime my Grandpa Copen (who was like "the Man" when it came to gardening) brought us a bunch of giant zucchinis from his garden do you know what my mom did? She gave it to us kids and we'd sit in the backyard with a bunch of knives and turn those zucchinis into boats. And we'd float them in the kiddie pool all day long. I don't remember ever eating zucchini when I was little. So when our little old man crossing guard came by the other day with a bag full of yellow squash, do you know what I did? I gave it to the kids and they spent the day in the backyard turning them into boats. And while I'm totally out of toothpicks now, the kids were happy and nobody was crying about how they might barf if they have to eat a bite of that slimey yellow stuff. And I really need to learn how to cook squash in a way that us veggie-haters will eat it. But until I do, I think I'll keep giving it to the kids so they can do something really worthwhile with them.
posted by Shana # 2:19 PM 
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