Miscellaneous Musings

One of my favorite things to do for dinner, especially on the weekend, is to have snacks for dinner. Last Sunday night, we did just that. Every once in a while, usually when we are having snacks for dinner, we also decide to eat while we begin a movie. This time, when I was setting our dinner down on the coffee table, I noticed how pretty it was and wanted to take a photo. I'm often struck by how beautiful food is.

So, here is our snack dinner: apple slices, crackers, cheese, hummus (homemade, from my awesome new book Make the Bread, Buy the Butter - more on that book in a later post), olives, and pickles. What's not pictured here are some fancy appetizers from Trader Joe's that were still in the oven. I bought them on Valentine's Day as part of our V Day celebration and we had enough left over to eat them again this night. Also, in the wine goblets is blueberry smoothie. Very delicious!

On Sunday afternoon, before aforementioned dinner, Ian and I were watching Mary and Mike's kids while they were working. I promise not to make every post a "What Sam Did with His Underwear" post, but I felt this story merited telling.

So, we get Sam up from his rest time and notice that once again, he is not wearing underpants. This time the give away was his jeans which were so bunched and rolled under that he had a plumber situation going on every time he bent over or lifted his shirt up. Naturally, we let this slide, because as mentioned in the previous post, aunts and uncles don't concern ourselves with enforcing undergarment wearing.

However, later, when we went for a walk, I began to realize the importance of underwear (don't worry, no bodily fluids are involved with this story). As Sam was running around, he kept pulling his pants up. I tried to tell him that one of the great things about underwear is that it helps keep your pants on, but he didn't seem too convinced. He was happy to run around pulling his pants up for the entire walk. I tried to get a picture of it, it was so funny to watch, but it didn't totally come out. Hopefully you can see a little of what was happening.

Ruthie REALLY likes to sit up. It's so cute to prop her up on a couch or chair or bed and see her sit up like a big girl. Of course, you have to monitor her a lot, since she tends to timber to one side or the other, but for a few minutes (or sometimes seconds) she is quite content to sit upright and show off her skills.

Here she is on our couch, in an outfit Grandma McCurry gave her. Isn't she too cute?! (That outfit is 3 months, by the way - she's so big! She has a doctor's appointment today, so we'll get the full report!)

One of our favorite things to do each day is go for a walk. Ruthie loves to look around and I love to be outside and get some exercise. Here we are, walking to the post office. She is a cozy little bug-a-boo!

That's all I have for now. But stay tuned for the doctor's report!