Tom and I went on our first date since the baby last night. Our friends, Jen and Clark, have a son Cody, who is two months older than Scotland. We’re swapping babysitting every other weekend. I was surprised at how wonderful it was. Tom and I often have time together at the end of the night when Scotland is asleep. I thought the date night wouldn’t be any different. But it was. I was able to just be a wife, and not a wife who is preoccupied with being a mother. We had a wonderful time trying some crazy food at an eclectic restaurant and then chatting about books as we browsed a used bookstore.
 
After we had put Scotter to bed we finished our date night by making these Baked Alaskas. Tom had made the raspberry ice cream the day before, and I had made the flourless chocolate cake for the bottom earlier that afternoon, so all we had to do was whip up the meringue, assemble them and throw them in the oven. They turned out better than we expected. Tom’s raspberry ice cream was delicious, and remained frozen, insulated by the meringue. If you’ve never tried making these, try! You could speed along the process by using boxed brownies and store bought ice cream, because the meringue is really the fun part. (Brecklyn and Dantzel, I particularly thought of you guys!)

Here you can see all three layers.