Pizza Challenge

Randomly assign pizza fixings chosen by number from secret mother number assignments

Make your pizza.

 

Bake your pizza and build total anticipation of the disgust about to arrive.

 

Nicholas: The most theatrically disgusted by his most pizza-like pizza.

Pizza sauce, olives, crunchy Asian noodles, and mozzarella 

 

Elaine bravely  biting into alfredo sauce, bacon, jalapenos, and cream cheese.

 

Alida.  Well lady, you lost.

Sweet and sour sauce, peanut butter/pretzel bites, anchovies, and cheddar.

You were a good sport, and we all tried it.

It was terrible.

 

Dinner Out

Not quite the same as it used to be.  We've moved on from having colors to keep them happy to having iPad games to keep them happy. Sheesh.

Our Vicious Guard Dog

Yes of course the delivery man should be terrified to get out of his car.

Conversations With Ben

Me: "Ben!  You were student of the month, and you have a letter here from the mayor congratulating you! (?)"

 

Ben: "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

 

I guess I do need to dig through their backpacks from time to time.

Work Travel

Sometimes it isn't so bad to be away.

Shrimp and Grits

A  finally perfected a Southern meal that I can actually stomach.

 

The children:

Hold the cheese in the grits.

Hold the shrimp.

Hold the bacon for the side. 

 

(sigh, serving them plain grits is no challenge.)

Sunday Mornings After Church

If we make it to early service, we make it to the free buffet at the casino for military members and their families.  The wonderful thing about a buffet, you can eat what you chose to your heart's content--even if that should be two ice cream cones at once.

 

Or strawberries on a stick until you make yourself sick.

 

Something about trooping my kids through the casino to the buffet in their Sunday best cracks me up every time. A free Sunday brunch where everyone finds something they like to eat and I don't cook--bonus.