• Sep. 9, 2009
Awesome Evening
I fix dinner every night and we eat at the dinner table 90% of the time. The kids use plastic plates and Mike and I usually use tupperware plates- sometimes Corelle. Since we have no dining room, we eat dinner in the kitchen and I usually leave the food in the pans on the oven. But tonight I felt like being crazy. I opened up the hutch and got out Mamaw's dishes. I placed the napkins UNDER the forks and I put all of our food in dishes on the table instead of on the oven. The kids were especially excited to be using grown-up plates. :)
Our meal was not fancy (ravioli, salad, & garlic bread) but the conversation was good. Blake ate 3 bowls of salad. He's not a ravioli fan.
After dinner Mike helped me carry the dishes to the sink and I loaded some into the dishwasher. I then hand washed all of Mamaw's dishes and the pans. While I washed dishes Mike and 4 of the kids played the Playstation 2- our neighbor gave it to us FOR FREE a few days ago. We only have 1 game but it's racing and everyone seems to have a chance at it. A playstation is a HUGE gift to us as all we've had is an ORIGINAL Nintendo from Mike's childhood.
Anyway, why is this an awesome evening????? All of my family (except Chase who was sleeping in the crib) around the dinner table, taking turns sharing stories of our day, eating on Mamaw's dishes, and then relaxing in the living room all playing games together. Special, special times. Nothing majorly exciting... just us being together. I am SOOOOO thankful for this family.
Tonight I'm thankful for having the chance to know Mamaw (Mike's Grandma), my 5 sweet kids, and a husband who would rather spend time with his family than do anything else.
Comments
• Sep. 10, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous
Thanks for the update. That sounds so special and fun. I think I could learn a lesson from this, to make the most of the moment and appreciate the "little" things. I still have your blog off center for some reason, but I got most of what you wrote, I think! lol
• Sep. 12, 2009
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Posted by Anonymous
by the way, I forgot to write my name with that comment! Amy Mathias lol
• Sep. 16, 2009
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Posted by mcblog
This sounds like my favorite kind of evening too! I need to know how you changed your blog template to something other than what they offer on the homeschoolblogger site. I am SO technologically challenged.
