Mother's Day 2008

What a weekend! Rachel's birthday, my birthday, and then Mother's Day. All in a row! Mother's Day this year was a bit comical. I don't have any pictures, but I'll share the story. I informed Andy on Saturday morning that he was in charge of dinner on Mother's Day. So, the dutiful husband that he is, he set out to the grocery store. He was going to purchase some chicken cordon blue. The Dutch version is a little different than back home, but it's still pretty good. The container should have said "kip cordon bleu". Well, shortly after he got home I noticed it said "gehakt cordon bleu". Andy doesn't really do any shopping here in Holland, so he thought he was getting the right thing. We were curious what he had bought, so we tried to look it up on freetranslation.com. We didn't have any luck, so we checked out our nederlands-engels dictionary. Success! Gehakt means minced meat. So, I told Andy it would probably be fine and not to worry about it.

Well, fast forward to Sunday night. Andy's boiling the potatoes and cooking our gehakt cordon bleu. We quickly discovered that gehakt doesn't smell that great. So, I told Andy he was in charge of a taste test. He said it was okay, but he didn't think I would like it. I took his word for it. I know, not that adventurous... So, the mashed potatoes got put in the fridge and the gehakt cordon bleu was tossed in the trash. Andy got out the trusty waffle maker and waffle mix and made us all waffles. The dinner turned out great! The best part of it was I didn't have to cook or clean (two nights in a row even!). Andy of course felt horrible, but I didn't really mind. He got me roses and chocolate (although it was dark and I prefer milk). He tried so hard and it's the thought that counts anyways. Maybe next year we'll have purchased a barbecue and then it will be a bit easier for Andy to grill something for Mother's Day! I did make it to the grocery store this morning and purchased some kip cordon bleu. So, we'll have our planned Mother's Day dinner tonight. :)