Our Family Dinner

This is a terrible thing to admit, but last night was the first time we all ate the same dinner together as a family. I guess maybe I should rephrase that and say a home cooked meal since the three of us have shared a pizza (Lily loves pizza) and she's eaten various foods from restaurants and drive-thrus with us. But last night I cooked dinner and we all ate it! Normally, by the time Chip gets home from work Lily has already eaten and Chip and I eat on our own. If we are all here together we often have chicken which Lily is not a fan of if it is not in nugget form. I've tried to get her to eat my food, but it is usually a no go. Last night should have been no exception; the plan was to have chicken, brown rice and veggies. But when I went to make the rice I noticed bugs in the un-opened bag! Ewww! So I had to quickly change my plan. The chicken was already cut and marinated, but Chip didn't want just chicken and veggies -- too healthy and not filling enough. So I had to rummage through the pantry. I found taco rice that expired in July 07 (not sure how it made it from CA to TX); oatmeal, crackers, cheerios, granola bars, etc. . . finally I found some penne pasta and marinara sauce. I don't cook pasta that often since I usually eat a lean cuisine pasta for lunch and dinner when Chip is not here (I don't trust their meat). Chip was good with pasta and I knew Lily would be happy since she actually likes pasta. So that is how it happened. The three of us sat down to eat dinner together as a family! I'm sure we could recreate the moment if we wanted pasta every night -- or Chip and I were willing to have nuggets for dinner! :) But we'll keep working on her, someday she won't have as much of a choice and she'll have to eat my cooking! :)

Mommy's pasta is yummy!
Just chillin, eating my dinner.

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Here are 2 photos from the morning, a lot of her toys are still downstairs from the playgroup on Monday. I try to bring one up whenever I go upstairs, but there are quite a few toys and she is having fun playing with them in the front room!

I think she was playing the piano with her behind! :)