I had read about an easy dress pattern on a message board last night, before going to bed.
Jim let me sleep in this morning & when I woke up, I was psyched to put aside every practical thing that needed to be done today (except for buying crickets for the toads), go to a fabric store, find an easy pattern & make Annie a cute dress.
Taking both kids out, today, though, was not a great idea. They were both in ‘not listening’ mode & I was in ‘I get so mad when you don’t listen’ mode.
Got back from the store, knowing that Jim was planning to take Shelby to a Safari IMAX movie (and worrying that I was going to make them late, because I was late getting back from fabric/pet stores).
I ran out to the store, to get mayonnaise, so that I could make potato salad for Annie tonight (despite the fact that I was still fuming over the shopping trip).
And, when I came home, the guys went out to the movie. I went down to the freezer to get chicken legs out for dinner & saw the frozen French Silk Pie that had been in there for months.
The pie came upstairs with me 
We cleaned & sliced the potatoes & put them on to boil. Annie helped with the slicing.
Then, I cut us both a slice of pie and, at Annie’s suggestion, put sliced bananas on top. Then, added whipped cream, because we had it. I made Annie some chocolate milk & made some coffee for myself. We sat down in front of Sesame Street (which was up to the Elmo’s World part - which was about ‘eating’, today). And, we ate our pie. It was too frozen for Annie to eat with her spoon, so, after I ate mine, I fed her pie to her.
We cuddled & laughed.
Then, she helped me finish the potato salad.
After out little break that we’re having now, while I find a fried chicken recipe online… We’re going to make the fried chicken & some biscuits. I’ve got brocolli cleaned & ready to cook in the microwave.
Then, while everything’s cooking, I’ll cut out the purse pattern.
Mmmmm… Pie…. Is there anything you can’t do?
