Dinner Is Served!

The wonderful woman who takes care of my kids, Lisa, also has a terrific veggie garden. She gave me some fresh, organic zucchinis Thursday. I was trying to come up with some way to serve it to the kids and came up with a new recipe! I guess we have a new family favorite, yea!

1 small russet potato (cubed)
1 small carrot (cubed)
1 small zucchini (cubed)
1/4 cup peas (I use frozen organic)

pan fry all the cubed veggies in organic olive oil (about a table spoon of olive oil in the pan)with a pinch of dried oregano, garlic powder and ground cloves.
I added the peas last since they come already cooked.

It was done when I could squish everything between my thumb and fore finger (since the kids don't really have any chewing teeth yet)

I served the pan fried veggies over beef flavored Top Romin noodles that I'd drained and cooled before serving.

There are times when I wish I had a camera handy, or my own personal "camera man" and tonight was one of them. I'd served the mostly naked, diaper clad kids in their high chairs and went back into the kitchen to get my drink and dinner. By the time I came back out to the kids, Drew was wearing most of his Romin noodles like tinsel on a Christmas tree. The bits of noodle he managed not to wear were decorating his high chair. Mean while, Syd was swinging a handful of noodles over her head like a Rodeo Queen about to get herself a goat. It was definitely a sight to behold. Perhaps next time I'll cut the noodles into smaller sections to make them more manageable.... naaaa, I'll set the video camera on the tri-pod and figure out how to upload it to YouTube!!

Busy day today. With the added laundry from yesterday's "Poopalapoza" and the fact that I cooked all of the kids meals today (much more messy than me feeding them out of a jar), it seemed like all I did, all day long, was C L E A N. I ended up giving the twins 3 baths, one after each meal. Which mean I got to dress them 3 time. Which means an extra load of laundry (which I'm doing as I'm typing this blog). I had a ton of dishes to wash (and no, they weren't from yesterday, they were from cooking today). I mopped the floor in the bathroom, kids' room, the play room and the dining area (actually, the dining area got done twice and I need to do it again), changed diapers, took out the trash,... I still need to get that friggin' letter off to my dad already. The lawn is a foot high but it's 104 today, F*#k That! My house looks like a perpetual disaster area...

On the other hand, I'm grateful I got to read to my kids today. I sang them songs. We played peek-a-boo. I enjoyed rocking them and holding them. Today I got to be a jungle gym with which my kids enjoyed climbing and playing on. I think I must've done "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" 20 times today. My son has a terrific laugh. My daughter has the cutest smile. Drew throws stuff at his sister and says "ut oh". Syd likes to focus on one toy and babble at it extensively. Oh ya, I posted on my two favorite forums, talked to a couple of friends on the phone, played games on yahoo, replied to emails, checked MySpace....

Basically, by the time I get dinner served, I'm ready to crash and stare blankly at my computer screen while pointing/clicking and I drink yet another can of Diet Coke. It never ceases to amaze me how totally exhausted I feel when I stop moving, and how completely energizing it is to be creative with my kids, myself and/or my friends.

Thank God For All Of The Wonderful Things In My Life Including My Kids, My Cat, My Family, My Friends, My Support, My House, My "Job",.....Thank You Thank You Thank You

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