On Sunday March 30th myself, Andrea, and Michelle's friend Laurel hosted a shower for Michelle Leslie. Although the weather was a little nasty (baby shower does not mean that it has to rain!) we have a lovely time.1. For the invites I was inspired by a cutesy card I saw at Cameron's in University Mall (my favorite store by the way for anyone looking for gift ideas... hint, hint Nathan). We tweaked the wording to sound more "Michelle" and this is what we ended up with:
DON'T FLUSH
because we're about to shower
our favorite child-bearing girl-
friend and give her a proper
send-off into motherhood. So
please join us, because before you
can say "Baby powder”, she'll be ankle-
deep in stuffed animals, grooming
hair with saliva, and talking in
baby babble like, "I wuv you" and
"oopsie-daisy" and we may never be
able to have a coherent conversation with her again.
because we're about to shower
our favorite child-bearing girl-
friend and give her a proper
send-off into motherhood. So
please join us, because before you
can say "Baby powder”, she'll be ankle-
deep in stuffed animals, grooming
hair with saliva, and talking in
baby babble like, "I wuv you" and
"oopsie-daisy" and we may never be
able to have a coherent conversation with her again.
2. For the food, we took our inspiration from good ol' Martha Stewart. In February she featured recipes of dumplings from around the world, and Michelle had commented that she wanted to throw a party where everyone brought a different kind of dumpling.
I made two types of dumplings:
*Gnudi - A specialty of Florence, gnudi (Italian for "nude") are luscious little dumplings made with fresh ricotta cheese and spinach. Essentially, they are ravioli fillings without their pasta wrappers.
*Kroppkakor - A traditional Southern Swedish potato dumpling with a filling of pork, bacon, and onions and served with lingonberry.
*Kroppkakor - A traditional Southern Swedish potato dumpling with a filling of pork, bacon, and onions and served with lingonberry.
We also had Polish pierogis and Nutella wontons.
4. For the party favors we made little baby food jars with pictures of baby Michelle and baby Mark.
Ingredients: Love, hope, prayers,
tears, smiles, laughter, hugs, kisses
Produced in Durham, North Carolina
Distributed by UNC Hospitals
Best if used by May 16th, 2008
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: As many as you can take
Servings per container: 1
Amount per serving % Daily Value
Snips 100%
Snails 100%
Puppy Dog Tails 100%
Poop 33%
Tears 12%
Giggles 75%
Michelle and Mark holding their jars:
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