Today was a good day. Jack was up for a feeding at 6:45 and I was fully intending to go back to sleep afterward. By the time he was finished eating and in his crib, I figured I should probably take advantage of the situation (Brian = home, Jack = asleep) and head out for a run. I forget how awesome morning runs can be. If I wait until the evenings, I’m exhausted and my legs feel like cement. Plus, it’s just nice to get it out of the way first thing and then be able to shower and clean up for the day. I pounded out a good 3 miler.
What I DIDN’T think about was the fact that there are 2 elementary schools in our neighborhood. It was like running a gauntlet trying not get hit by all of the carpools. Yikes.
Got home and jumped in the shower, then Jack was up and at ‘em. Don’t you hate it when you shower and still can’t stop sweating (gross)? A smoothie seemed like a good solution to that problem. I’m always freezing afterward.
- 1 C Skim Milk
- 1 Scoop Vanilla Whey Protein Powder
- Frozen Berries
- 1/2 Frozen Banana
- Baby Spinach
- Honey
- Chocolate PB2
- Ice
We tried to fit in lots of hang-out time with my parents today, because they leave tomorrow for FINLAND. What? You’ve never been there? I’ve given them strict instructions to return with a reindeer for Jack and lots of Marimekko for me.
We met my mom for lunch at El Fenix, so I’ve had my fill of obscenely greasy tex-mex for a while. Oh, let’s be serious- I’ll probably have more this weekend.
The highlight of our day was paying a visit to my high school friend Amanda, who just had… wait for it… TRIPLETS.
Wyatt, Abigail and Jessy Grace.
Given my experience with a newborn, I expected to find 3x the chaos. Um, notsomuch. This was a calm, collected house. Amanda looked amazing. The babies were happily swinging, snoozing and being held, respectively. Perfect little angels. MY baby, on the other hand, barfed on my mom about two seconds after we arrived and then fussed for the rest of the visit.
The triplets were precious and I had so much fun holding Jessy Grace. Newborns are just so sweet. (Don’t worry- I’ll just be holding OTHER PEOPLE’S newborns for a while. Pukey McScreecherson is keeping me plenty busy enough, thank you very much.)
Tonight’s dinner was how we should be eating every night. And I’d be fine with that. Brian, on the other hand, loves nothing more than to complain about how the house smells like “broccoli farts.”
From Vive le Vegan: Sweet Curry Chickpea Casserole.
The loveliness you see here consists of chickpeas, sweet potatoes, diced apples, red onion, celery, coconut milk and lots & lots of spices. Other than all of the chopping, it’s super simple to make. Everything gets tossed into a large casserole dish, stirred, and baked for an hour. My only complaint was that the recipe lacked salt- but that’s easy enough to fix.
Served over brown basmati (my favorite… it smells like popcorn) with a side of roasted broccoli.
We have a date with Tivo so I’m signing off. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
I love El Fenix! But I’m much more of an evening jogger. I like to workout the stress of the day.
Jack is so expressive and cute! And those triplets are impressive.
I need to start making smoothies at home. Smoothie Factory has been getting the best of me. I can’t seem to go one day without one of their drinks.
The babies are all so cute! It’s funny you say that the basmati smells like popcorn… Everytime I make it, my 8 year old son comes in and says “mmmmmm popcorn!”. Lol.
Aw, I love baby pictures. Keep taking them because before you know it they are all grown up haha.
My goodness..I could not for one second … imagine having triplets lolll.