Welcome Home, Mommy

Here is the sweet greeting I get in the afternoon when I get home. Such a sweet girl, so good to come home to.

Our Daily Bread

Zoe and I eat dinner together every night. Thomas usually works nights so we are on our own for dinner. I try to always include something green in our meal, so on this night we were having broccolli florets and taco salad with corn, black beans, tomatoes, ground beef and cheese (yummy!). Right now, Zoe thinks I am the best cook in the world and that makes me happy.

Every night is a home cooked meal, I do not allow Zoe to have fast food yet, so I have to be imaginative in the things that I make so that she does not become bored. I make my dinner schedule for two weeks in advance and then buy all of the groceries at one time so that we are not wasting time in the store everyday. It works for us.

At dinner time, Zoe and I say a prayer, I turn off the TV and she and I eat and talk until we are both satisfied. Then we take a bath, and watch a famnily friendly movie (last night we watched Aladdin), at 9:30 she is off to bed and I am off to the sewing room.

Time to Color

I picked up some end rolls from the Democrat the other day. (End rolls = when newspapers print they always use new rolls of paper, what is left on the roll at the end of the day gets put out back in the loading dock area at 3:30 for people to pick up. If it is not picked up by 5:00 PM, it is thrown away. Oh, and it's free!!!)I thought it would be a good resource for Zoe to color on (and a good thing for me to trace patterns out on since it is not that thick, but thicker than pattern paper). I broke out the paints and let her go wild. I am not sure if we were painting on paper or on a baby. Hilarious.