I made Tikka Masala for dinner last night and we sat around the table like a family should. We ate, we talked, we told Ethan he had to have more than rice and if he would just try it he would like it. He tried it, he liked it, we rolled our eyes at how reluctant he can be to try new foods.
Dinnertime really belonged to Emry. She chatted on & on about what silly boys at school said, about 'the beat on the street' what her answer to 'beat on the street was', how much airtime she got on 'beat on the street' (weekly broadcasted school news program, I guess "what's your favorite dance move" qualifies for news in junior high). And about her upcoming away track meet.
Kids are interesting. Sometimes you can't get them to open their mouth, and other times they chat away like there's no tomorrow. After a day spent cooking, cleaning, shopping and shampooing carpets, it kind of boggles your worn out mind to hear your child talk for 20 minutes straight without seeming to take a breath.
But I am grateful for her excitement of life and her willingness to share it. I hope it is always like this, her being so open.
Glenn was gone last night and as I felt a headache coming on I told the kids to put themselves to bed. I went and read for an hour and when I checked on them this is what I saw-
Ethan was reading and the girls were coloring and making a portfolio of their work. I was exhausted and they were ready to pull an all nighter.
As I watched them play I couldn't believe their stamina when the sun had set hours ago. They are young and full of energy. I am old and tired. How am I going to enforce a curfew in the future when I am dead asleep at 9 pm?
I guess I will just have to raise righteous kids who never want to make a bad choice and always obey curfew.
It's a good thing Glenn's a night owl.
Marie! You have such wonderful children. I love seeing them. Glad you are all happy and chatty. xoxoxo Shauna
ReplyDeleteHi, me again. Marie, thank you for the recipe. I am going to make this for today. I just need to run to the store for some Garam Masala, which I am assuming I can get at the regular grocer? I really appreciate the recipes because it seems like the food blogs I come across a lot of the time have recipes that are either too complex or just not quite what I'm looking for. So, thank you, thank you for your R&D. (Research and Development) Lots of Love, Shauna.
ReplyDeleteCute...don't you love hearing the things that run through their minds...so nice to be an innocent child that doesn't have any real worries yet. :) So unfair that kids never want to go to bed!!
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that they appear to be just doing their thing, not fighting or arguing...just being good kids. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteI've always been a working Mom but would love the school parties when Hannah was little - I think the last school event I went to before it was "not cool" to go was Halloween in 6th grade.
ReplyDeleteWhile the kids played, I was talking to a Mom and we were talking about kids in the class. She finally stopped me and said "how do you know so much about all these kids, I've never seen you at school before."
That's when I told her the magic words: "I have a girl!" Hannah would tell me everything about her day from the second she stepped off the bus until I walked in the door - loved it!
And she's almost 20 and is still a talker. :D
Isn't it amazing what the innocent will reveal if we just listen. Girls especially, they're like little spies.
ReplyDeleteYour family is too cute. Like I said before...you belong in a J Crew catalog!
ReplyDeleteMaya never stops talking either. It's amazing how she does it. She never runs out of material! Until it's just me and her at which time...silence.
I love how there are so many pictures of Ethan reading books... that's awesome!
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