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September 21, 2009

John & Kate watch Kate and kids eat local

Tonight's Gosselins episode is called "Farm to Table." Kate G. reveals one downside of moving to their nice new house is that they have moved away from "my produce guy, Henry."

Now they are going to visit Henry, a member of the first Amish family "I have known personally." She is happy Henry has agreed to filming because the Amish don't like cameras. (His face won't be shown.)

John (sighs): "Women in shorts."

Kate: "Those crookneck squash were pretty cool."

There are lots of too-much-in-unison-to-be-believed "yays" at the corn and eggplant. Then the kids start bickering, and Kate tells them to "stop your obnoxiousness."

Now they are visiting a playground they used to go to.

John: "Castle park!"

Now they are shucking corn. Kate G. lets us in on what we all know...that it's generally "safer" for babysitters to be constantly around.

Kate: Interesting that she admitted about the babysitters.

John: Can't live without them. Except that she's probably not sleeping with them.

Kate: !!!!

While Kate cooks up her nutritious meal, the kids bicker over a selection of instruments.

John: Wonder what the camerapeople do when one of the kids is hitting the other over the head with a drumstick?

Kate: Film it!

Next: Family game night.

Kate: Oh, and here's a commercial for Monopoly!

John: I bet in the next segment, they'll go to Olive Garden.

But no, they are eating the homemade chicken cacciatore. The kids say: "Jesus made it, Henry grew it, Mommy cooked it, and we ate it!"

Kate reflects on her single status, that it is "starting to feel that the pity party is gone."

Then Cara keeps saying her foot is injured. Finally, Kate up and calls the doctor. The pediatrician says they can take her right now.

Kate: Oh, look at them flossing!

Gator Golf looks fun. But they play Pictureka and Mady has a bit of a meltdown. And then the doctor calls about Cara's foot, which has a bruise and swelling and needs x-rays. At 8:22 p.m. "Anything I can do to stretch the night to make the next day shorter, I do," says Kate.

As it turned out, she was fine. "We don't have time for a cast, do we, Cara?"

Kate: "So what do we think about her doing everything while she has custody?"

John: "Obviously she thinks he can't do anything. No trust. But that's a typical mom reaction."

Kate: "Hey! I trust a lot to you!"

John: "Good!"


Posted by Kate Shatzkin at 9:33 PM | | Comments (2)
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It's "Jon", not "John".

For those not familiar with our running recap, "John" is my husband John. Jon, is, of course, Jon Gosselin.

What did you think of her sending Cara to the doctors with the babysitter?

I had the feeling that she was being "told" to do the family game night by TLC and the sponsors and that she had a limited amount of filming time before the custody exchange.

Yes, we noticed the interesting commercial tie-in. And it was curious that she would send Cara to the doctor with the babysitter rather than leave that job for the child's father...

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Hanah Cho joined The Baltimore Sun in 2003, just a few years out of college. While covering everything from education to workplace issues to financial services, she also got married and became a first-time mom in December 2009. Now, she’s trying to juggle work and life demands without losing her sanity.

She lives in Columbia with her husband and infant son.

Kate Shatzkin authored Charm City Moms until June 18, 2010.
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