Life this week

On Monday we had the Porters over to play. We love the Porters. The playdate was per Cute Girl's request. The kids ran around like crazies, I got some chit chat, and the Rocket Scientist even came home early enough to cuddle Baby Blythe. Did you know he loves babies and I don't? Although Blythe isn't really a baby, baby anymore so I kind of like her.

Tuesday morning we spent all day running errands. The kids were actually pretty good so I took them to McDonald's for lunch. On the way out I saw the worst tantrum I've ever seen from Cute Girl. She had to go to her room for nap time and was grounded for two days. So on Wednesday we couldn't go to the neighborhood picnic which hurt no one but me because I was the only one who knew about it.

We had a great St. Patty's Day. Everyone got up and wore their green and Cute Girl didn't match in the least. I made the kids green pancakes after their Dad was at work because he won't eat anything that's not it's natural color. Supposedly Cute Girl wanted to do a St. Patrick's Day craft but after I showed my suggestions we ended up making an airplane out of a diaper box and a boat out of a 2-liter bottle. Go figure. Dinner was beef stew but I nixed the Irish soda bread (my favorite part!) because we have so much bread in the house already. It is nice being married to a baker. And I didn't take a single picture all day.

Yesterday we went with all our neighborhood friends to a local ranch and had a giant barbecue, or pitch-in as we'd call it at home. I took only Indiana cuisine - sweet baked beans, broccoli casserole, and peanut butter fudge. I'm going to be in heaven at lunch time, eating all the leftovers. And I must admit that I felt a little like Ma in Little Town on the Prairie, making my baked beans and letting them sit in the oven all morning. Maybe someday I'll try making them from scratch.
Handsome Face had a ball at the ranch, seeing all the "mama cows" and "daddy cows" and "baby cows" and the horses and dogs. Cute Girl never left my side except to go check on her brother. If I was wearing a skirt I think she would have been clinging to it. Our lunch was delightful and fun and our host, Micaela, served us her grass-fed beef. So yum. I never did eat dinner last night; I was so full. I might go on a water fast today to cleanse my system.

My children woke up today and tricked me into watching a movie. Not sure how that happened...

But we're spending the rest of the morning outside. I've got to prep my garden for tomorrow I'm planting my tomatos!