It’s hard to adequately describe how good the boys were yesterday. Everyone got up and ate breakfast without major incident; the boys got dressed without complaint and watched the cartoon version of “Elijah” while Matt and I showered, then it was off to church. Unfortunately, Matt had a bad case of the wiggles, so he and I spent most of sacrament meeting out in the hall. To make things worse, I had the effrontery to try sneaking out of the nursery, and he didn’t like that one little bit.
Once we got home, it was time for lunch. When Arlene’s out of town, I try to eat as much stuff that she doesn’t like as possible, so for lunch we had fresh-made (bread machine, alas) sourdough bread and Seabear salmon chowder. The boys fell upon it like they hadn’t eaten in weeks; everyone had seconds. Matt napped while the boys watched a video and I made ice cream (cookies and cream, another Arlene not-favorite.)
When Matt woke up, we took some ice cream over to one of my home teaching families. We had a nice visit, then came home for dinner. I grilled some tilapia that I’d marinated in a honey teriyaki sauce. First of all, be it known that tilapia ain’t trout or catfish– it has a very mild yet still kind of fishy flavor. I’m not sure if I like it, or maybe it was the marinade. However, the three boys again ate like Trojans– I grilled 1.3 lbs of fish, and there was maybe 2oz left after dinner. I foresee a long and happy career for our new grill. The kids watched a short video, ate some ice cream, and went to bed without complaint, at which point I watched my last Tivo’d episode of 24 and the first 10 minutes or so of NBC’s Kingpin. I can’t tell yet if it’s Season Pass-worthy or not, but I’ll give it a try.
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