Best Kind of Day

This was the best sort of day. We got school done and we PLAYED! After lunch we headed to Kids Kingdom to meet Tricia and her children and Adrienne and her children. We laughed as we remembered that we’d met 2 months ago “by chance” at this very park. Josiah and Andrew both had the day off and it was fun to have them there again. Zander fell in love with JaNae – Adrienne’s 2 yo daughter – and was thoroughly entertained playing with and chasing her around. I took a bit of good-natured teasing about how the two of them had “invaded my privacy” two months ago. Yeah – I know – I’m an uptight person. {G}

Mike had to work late and the big boys wanted to take the radio control airplane and jeep to the park when we got back. So…..they headed out. I decided waffles from freshly ground wheat were the way to go. Yum. Zander and Arielle both ate LOTS of them…which made me feel good. Now I need to figure out how to make them fall in love with honey or maple syrup.
I baked a sweet potato for Stacia. She loved it…but I couldn’t get it all the lumps whipped out in the blender. I think I’m going to buy a food processor attachment for my Bosch. I thought I’d mash up a banana – no special tools needed. I was sure she would love it. Here you can see her SITTING straight up in her reclining chair as she anticipates her dinner. I was totally surprised when she didn’t like the bananas. She spit them all over me, blew raspberries and made general disapproving sounds. I guess she’s a vegetarian. Maybe the Smoothie I gave her on Sunday spoiled fruit for her. I guess I’ll keep steaming, roasting and baking veggies for her. I can’t argue with THAT.