March 28, 2012

Outside Temp: 40 F (pretty this morning... then thunderheads... a little rain... now clear... I love our changing weather!)

What I cooked today:
Walnut Chicken: We got home late from church, and I had to rush dinner.  I got it on the table in 22 minutes, which isn't bad.  But it still meant that we ate at about 9:05.  And on a school night, too! 

Update:
Ski Day!!  Today was the second ski day for the school, so the kids headed up the mountain with Grandpa for skiing.  They said the conditions were better than Sunday, except that there was a lot of ice.  Allen tagged along with the other kids from school, and Katie and Connor took off on their own.  I stayed home with Patrick and Ryan, since Patrick had to work and Ryan was a little cranky.  No biggie, I spent an hour on the phone with medical billing, so it was productive!

As soon as the got home, I rushed Allen over to Stanford for Track practice.  Although he told his coach that he probably wouldn't be home from skiing in time for practice, he asked to go.  He said he really needed the practice (which I agree with, but I was surprised that he would be that mature!).  His coach ended up letting him out early (which worked since we had other places to be), but I made him run a few more sets.  Up and back on the football field, which works out well since he thinks he's going to do the 100 meter dash.  Of course, the wind was a little high, so there was about a 5-10 second difference depending on if the wind was in front of him, or behind him.  I see a lesson on physics in our future.

After practice, we raced back to Belt for mass, and then our Confirmation class.  We had a great class tonight (as opposed to last week, when the kids were spastic).  We've set up the class so that we don't have too much to cover each week.  That allows us plenty of time for discussions, even those that go way off topic. 

Tomorrow is Parent-Teacher conferences, so I'm looking forward to that.  At least, I hope I am looking forward to it...