What I learned over the weekend

Instead of writing about everything I did this weekend, I decided to make a list of the things I learned over the weekend. It’s a pretty impressive list.

1. Toddlers are inexplicably drawn to the large red shopping carts at Target and become so interested in them that it’s nearly impossible to get the toddler out of the shopping cart.
2. Cheddar cheese and green peppers are fantastic and very tasty additions to bratwurst.
3. Dave Matthews Band songs do not sound good when they are played to a conga beat. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
4. Reenacting the digestion process complete with sound effects will actually bring a toddler’s temper tantrum to a screaming halt.
5. Gel seats for bikes are quite possibly the best invention since sliced bread.
6. Cudahy, WI is rather hilly.
7. The woman that came up with the Baby Einstein idea and subsequent video series is a genius and should be nominated for sainthood.
8. Twenty five miles is kind of a long way if you’re biking.
9. Baking a strawberry rhubarb crisp in a paper bag is the only way to go. Same goes for apple pie, although that’s just a guess as the apple pie is still at Aaron’s house and I haven’t tasted it yet.
10. There are other places to go grocery shopping besides Pick ‘n’ Save and Walmart.
11. Toddlers like Pat McCurdy.
12. A wedding reception just isn’t a wedding reception unless “YMCA” is played at least once.
13. Cast iron skillets have to be seasoned. Alton Brown says so.
14. Sunday nights are no fun, especially when you have say goodbye to someone who is very important to you.