Daddy's Little Helper

There are some wedding gifts which have lasting power like the $5 torn in half (one for each of us) with instructions that as long as we're together we'll always have a little something. That one we framed and has been a conversation piece in our living room ever since. Others don't make it to your 3-month anniversary like the George Foreman grill given to us with our names marked in permanent marker right on the box (rendering it nonreturnable to ANY store) along with the comment it was given to them for their wedding and they didn't want it. That one I believe we gave to Goodwill about 2 seconds after we returned to Boston from the California reception.

Anyway, just after our blessed nuptials, we got a salad spinner with one of the many Crate & Barrel gift cards and Brent has made good use of it ever since. He always shreds up the lettuce, washes it, spins it dry and then carefully bags it in a Ziplock. It's ready for salads and sandwiches in the week to come. Lately Liesel has taken an interest in the process so Brent decided to show her the ropes. They're so cute working on it together I had to capture it on video:

He even showed her how to do the actual "spinning" part. She's happy to let him take over when he needs to make quick progress because he can get it spinning so fast. That may or may not be the Super Bowl in the background... I really couldn't say.