Happy Saint Patricks Day!

A Few Sweet Moments

Sundays are a contrast around our house. The mornings are busy from beginning to end-getting to church, and then four hours of making sure the kids ministry is running smoothly leave me pretty tired by the time I come home. So the afternoons are lazy, nap-filled lounge times. Often Sundays are a blur-the first half, from about 8:30-12:30, I am so focused on my job and sorting out details and issues that need to be addressed that I just have minimal interaction with Bard and Evelyn. The second half of the day, I'm exhausted and Bard and I try to relax so it is a blur of being tired and just hanging out. But this Sunday I had two sweet moments that stood out and I want to remember them.

The first was in the morning at church. In between our two services I like to get Evelyn out of Baby Garden and hold her while I am greeting families. In our new location people enter straight into where we worship, so I am able to hold her and greet while enjoying the singing myself. She loves to hear the band play and kicks her feet (to the beat of the music). Today everyone was clapping during one of the songs and I watched Evelyn looking at them. After studying them she joined in clapping! We stood together for several moments, singing and clapping. I know without a doubt that God was smiling.

The second sweet moment was later that day. After nap Evelyn was playing on the floor, looking at books. Bard was studying on the couch and I was half-napping on the love seat. I looked over and saw the two of them just sitting and studying together. They were both so focused on their books, it was adorable! I'm so glad that she loves her books and I hope that this is the beginnings of many lazy Sunday afternoons where we enjoy good books together.

Chicken Curry in a Hurry,

Evelyn is finally at that great stage to where she can eat a lot of what we have for dinner. Now, this doesn't work all the time, because often she needs to eat before we are finished making dinner, but it's fun some of the time. She had spaghetti a few weeks ago and loved it, but we have her seen her happier than when she tried "Chicken Curry in a Hurry!"

Bard has this great chicken cookbook (of course he does!) and a lot of our dinner meals come out of it. The chicken curry has been a favorite of ours. It's really simple-just some curry, cumin, onions, garlic, with tomato paste and chicken broth. You just simmer it on the stove with an apple, peas and carrots and then pour it over rice or couscous. One dish recipes are my favorite : )

Anyway, we gave some to her the other night and she went crazy! She was flapping her arms and saying "yum yum yum!" the whole time we were feeding her. It was hilarious. She shrieked when I didn't feed her (we're working on please!) and I think she ate as much as I did!

She loved it the next day for lunch too, which was awesome. Looks like she inherited her mother's love for Asian food!

And yes, Bard found the curry in her diaper the next morning ; )