Thursday, March 5, 2015

     Today was a patients day.  I got to be Nana all day long to two wonderful granddaughters.  Lili was a pistol all day long, flitting from one thing to the next, never really settling down to anything.  She was enthralled by Micky Mouse for a bit but even then didn't sit long.  Maybe the excitement of having us there every day for the last 5 days has been too much and it came to a head today.  She did end up eating dinner early and going to bed early.  She took a nap before hubby and I got there so didn't get a break from us today.  Her mom was on the phone trying to work out travel plans for her husband's father from New York so I was the one to get everything ready and give Lili her bath again.  She was tired so didn't play much and was ready to get out much sooner than she was last night.  I got her dried, oiled up and diaper on.  For a 16 month old, she weighs 32 pounds and is in pull ups already.  This girl is a big one!
     Her sister, Shy, was also less settled than normal also.  She seemed to want to eat constantly and poor Sarah was a walking feedbag.  I watched Shy when Sarah and hubby had to go run an errand and Lili was ansy.  Shy slept and when she woke up I changed her diaper and in the middle of it, she started to pee!  I quickly grabbed another diaper but it required a full outfit change.  I held her for a long time and part of the time, I got her to suck on her hand.  Sometimes she just couldn't be passified and I had to hand her over to Sarah to nurse, even if she had just nursed.
     Tonight hubby and I made dinner again.  Two roasted chickens, which took about 3 hours to cook instead of the hour and a half that I was thinking.  Now I had the idea to make parsley potatoes, you peel potatoes, cut them in one inch squares and boil them for about 25 minutes, until they are cooked but not mushy.  Since we had to be kosher, I couldn't use butter so I coated the potatoes in olive oil.  Then we chopped fresh parsley and tossed it in with salt and pepper.  Then we steamed broccoli.  Despite the lateness of the hour, dinner was wonderful!  The chicken came out moist and the skin was crispy, seasoned with onion powder, garlic powder, paprika and salt and pepper.  Also some oregano.  At the end of dinner I boned the rest of the chicken and tomorrow I am going to make chicken pot pie with Sarah.
      Tomorrow, hubby and I are going swimming when we get back from Sarah's.