Today felt like one of the best days of the whole year with the kids. We just got back from a 10 day sojourn to Salt Lake, Yellowstone and Jackson, WY last night and then Cookie called early this morning to say she wouldn't be making it and was quite ill. I was a bit worried as a day w/ the kids, but w/o plans can go awry in a hurry.
The kids just wanted to hang out in the house all day, which is typical for them after being away on a trip.
I unpakced and started laundry (highly unusual for me to do so soon) and the kids played happily ALL day long. It wasn't until the proverbial witching hour of 5:30ish that things started going downhill. I even defrosted some cookie dough Cookie had made and baked cookies (which turned out quite good if I don't say so myself).
Then in an utter departure I cooked dinner--it was sloppy joe's--from scratch. I took the opportunity to call my college roommate for her mother's receipe when I discovered it was not in the receipe box we haven't opened in at least a year. Her mother happened to be visiting and I'm sure was amused to listen to her daughter describe for me how to peel an onion (considering in college she was almost as clueless as I). Den of course arrived home in time to stress about my cooking prowess and hovered around, able to take these photos of first Eddie and I cutting green beans an gree peppers (the IKEA kid knives actually do a fairly nice job and you don't risk losing a digit). Then the kids cutting up the squash. All from the garden--which again, unlike me, we went right out to harvest from the garden today.
I'm sure it won't be long before we return to our old routines of procrastination and bickering, but it sure is nice to come home from a good vacation.
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