Dinner tonight was yummy and simple. No elaborate recipes, no new ingredients; Quesadillas! One of the kids favorites and super easy to make. I cooked up some chicken in taco seasoning and pan fried some onions and peppers to stuff them with. Add sharp cheddar cheese/Monterrey Jack mixture and whole wheat tortillas and you've got yourself a meal! On the menu for tomorrow? I'm debating between another new pasta dish or chicken & quinoa... Guess we'll see what I feel like taking out of the freezer tomorrow morning.
Brandon was running late tonight so the kids and I sat at the bar and ate dinner. Does anyone else get irritated when your kids touch and play with things while they are supposed to be eating? I'm sure that it is normal for little boys to not be able to control their impulses but Logan seems to be especially adept at this annoying habit. Because the counter was randomly strewn with books, papers and couple of toys I could tell it was going to be nearly impossible for the boy to resist putting his cheesy, greasy fingers all over it. Even with gentle reminders the attraction of dirty hands to library books is impenetrable. (I hope the library forgives the one fingerprint on Henry & Mudge!) It's funny, Brandon and I had a roommate in college that would absent-mindedly touch, pick up and move things around our house. We thought it was a bizarre, unique habit of his. Turns out he just never left that 6-year-old part of him behind!
My annoyance with my daughter is something altogether different. I somehow ended up with a girl who could perhaps be the S - L - O - W - E - S - T person I've ever met. Me, the girl who can't keep from twitching uncontrollably as I "lounge" in the armchair at night; the girl who perceives every request or chore as needing an immediate response; the girl who cannot stand waiting more than 30 seconds to get an answer to my text. I ended up with this child who saunters through life to the beat of "Don't Worry, Be Happy!" I swear the girl's fast forward is just approaching the average person's slowest speed. She can literally make dinner last for over an hour. And in our house, where everyone sits at the table until the last person is finished, this can be extremely irritating.
Despite their annoying habits (which they must get from their father because I don't have any - wink wink), I do find their idiosyncrasies endearing and can often get a good laugh giving them a hard time for them.
Maybe tomorrow we'll be done with dinner before the sun goes down!
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