Dinner Blessings

Having Jason home is amazing.  We get through the week ok but we are a family and we are meant to all be together so having our missing piece home on the weekends just makes everything go better.  The case in point tonight was dinner.  I was working on getting dinner on the table and had made apple crisp and ice cream as dessert because it was just that kind of a day.  The kids were excited but rambunctious because they had not had enough time outside to play.  Daddy came swooping in and intervened and provided the consistency in parenting that was truly needed.  What resulted was three very well behaved children at dinner, a meal that was enjoyed by everyone and pleasant dinner conversation.  It was a blessing for sure! 

Mira thanked me for making her food and sat pleasantly for most of the time.  Josh asked to say prayers before eating and cleaned his plate and asked for more.  Evie, was up and down through dinner.  Her great behaviour came before dinner when Daddy was able to reason with her, she is probably the most reasonable person in the family at this point, and explained that unless she played quietly I wouldn't be able to make the dinner she wanted to eat.  She must have understood because she sat and played quietly from that point 'til dinner!

Earlier today I cut the kids' hair while they enjoyed X-Men the cartoon.  They all love having their hair cut so it is fun time.  After lunch I took Josh and Mira on a whirlwind of errands while Evie napped.  In the car, inspired by the farm we were driving too "Sunny Hill", we came up with names for the farm we could own.  Sunny Farm, Sunny Tree, Furry Hill and some other silly names resulted. 


At the farm, Josh and Mira clambered to the playset before spotting a little orange cat.  He was meowing for their attention.  When they got off the playset to pet the kitty two other cats joined the throng and they had fun petting and playing with all the kitties.   They didn't want to leave.  I think it had something to being around cats that were happy to be around them.