I’d like to offer a parenting tip.
When you’re busy making dinner and trying to keep the kids occupied, do NOT let them get out the crab crackers to play with. Tess and Jack decided to have a crab cracker fight with the lobster claw shaped cracker tools we have. I heard them getting into the drawer, but being the ever vigilant mom that I am, I assumed they had the plastic salad spoons, so I didn’t stop to check it out. It started innocently enough, but how I imagine it happened was: Jack got into position and whipped the crab cracker open and slapped Tess across the face with it. Kinda like a ninja.
I heard her crying and yelling at Jack but assumed it was just another one of her big sister outbursts. She walked over to me with a big red mark on her cheek and man, did I feel horrible. I promptly disarmed them and put them up pretty high so there would be no re-offenses. All is well now, though, there is no scarring or anything like that. But I just wanted you all to be aware of the dangers of crab crackers.
Do Be Careful Martini
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz Contreau orange liqueur
1/2 tsp grenadine
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker over cracked ice. Shake well & strain into a chilled martini glass. Enjoy, and do be careful.
