Whew

I was afraid to jinx it by saying this too early, but we got through a whole market season without Waverly running into the road. Yay!! I was so nervous about it all season, but Wavo did great. The Danville market, which Waverly and I do together on Wednesdays, is on the Danville Green, which is a great location, very visible, very beautiful, but it is surrounded on all sides by well travelled roads. And usually during market, there are cars parked all along it, so a 2 year old darting out from between parked cars is really, really dangerous.

Anyway, Waverly did great. On good advice, we got an outdoor play yard, actually two, which we hooked together and used like a portable fence behind our stand. Waverly could easily get around the fence, but it was a good guide for her and me about what areas were safe and which weren't. We also set up a little play area behind the stand but in front of the fence. And lots of friends came by to visit and play, and Waverly made friends with lots of people at market, so little by little she started going around market to visit without me. It's a small market though, so it was easy to keep her in sight. One of my favorite parts of market was to watch Waverly walk over, dollar in hand, to buy a muffin or grapes from her friend Maya's stand. She'd turn back and say to me, firmly, "I do it myself Mama!" And she could!!

We just did our last market on Wednesday, so it's all over till next year. Truth be told, I wasn't that broken up about it, I've been looking forward to the break. But then this morning I was taking a (very short!) break from work, and I thought oh I'll check the NY Times Dining section, see if they have any good recipes I could share with the CSAers. Then doh! no more CSA baskets till next year. Bummer. Guess its not too early though to start gathering recipes for next year!!