Keep Your Pants On

Guess what? I wore jeans today. JEANS. It was probably a little premature, but the fact is that it in the middle of the afternoon, it was only 83 degrees. That’s like frigid around here.

Jack wore his long britches today, too:

We’re excited.

I stopped myself from pulling out the cocoa and marshmallows this morning. Instead I had whole wheat toast topped with 2 sliced hardboiled eggs, along with cantaloupe (I am incapable of spelling cantaloupe correctly- thanks spell check!) and watermelon.

For lunch we met my parents at Garden Cafe. I love Garden Cafe, but they just didn’t have their stuff together today. I planned on ordering a veggie plate but changed my mind when I saw the list of today’s vegetables:

• Mac & Cheese
• Cheese Grits
• Mashed Potatoes
• Pinto Beans

Ummm…?

Plus there was a huge line and no cashier. We eventually ordered and everything was great after that little hiccup. I had a salad with grilled chicken and lemon vinaigrette, and a bowl of gazpacho.

Jack spent the entire meal grunting until someone (my Dad) would give him a bite of something. I’m pretty sure he ate all of Dad’s mashed potatoes. Sorry.

That kid is getting such an appetite!! He was pretty indifferent towards solid foods in the beginning, but now anytime we’re eating- HE wants to be eating, too. After being such a skinny thing for so long, he’s turning into a little chunkin punkin. I LOVE the chubby legs and feet!

Today Barefoot Contessa made chicken picatta, which sent me straight into the kitchen to make sure we had all of the ingredients to make exactly that for dinner. Well, not exactly that- I used Giada’s recipe. To lighten it up a bit, I used half the butter and oil that the recipe called for. I also deglazed the pan with a little white wine.

I wanted to lick the sauce off the plate. Lemon + Butter = Always Good. It would have been even better with fresh parsley, but I was too lazy to make a trip to the store.

On the side were green beans (tossed with olive oil, kosher salt and garlic powder and baked at 400 for 20 minutes) and leftover spaghetti squash.

We’re trying to get to bed before midnight, which NEVER happens… it’s already after 10 and the kitchen’s a wreck, I have laundry to fold, and I probably should shower at some point. There just aren’t enough hours in the day!