Dinner & A Show

I have two things to talk about in this post: our dinner last night and the show both before and after the meal. First up: the dinner.

S created a fantastic meal last night. He baked chicken breasts with a wonderful combination of spices and no added fat. Don't ask what was in the spice rub because I asked and he can't remember everything. I know cumin, salt, cayenne pepper and a touch of brown sugar were included because I could taste those. But there were other things in there. To go along with the yummy, yummy chicken, S roasted mixed vegetables (red and yellow peppers, asparagus, onions, yellow squash, zucchini) with garlic, salt and a touch of olive oil. He served those on top of lentils cooked in chicken stock. Even H ate the lentils!

After such a great meal, we took the uneaten chicken and vegetables and added them to the remaining lentils, creating a soup. I call it Leftover Soup. It's very good but I don't know that we'll ever be able to repeat the recipe.

Now on to the show. K and L went to a birthday party yesterday afternoon, a ballerina birthday party for one of their good friends. It was such fun to see all those little girls in their ballet attire, flitting around the living room of our friends' house. Unfortunately, my camera was at home.

After we got home from the party, we were all in the living room attempting to get a second wind going for dinner and the rest of the evening. L decided to put on a show. She dances around the living room singing all the songs she knows: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jesus Loves Me, Jesus Loves the Little Children. When she's done with the song, she expected applause and bravos and then took a bow. Then K took her turn. And so on and so forth until dinner time. Once dinner was over, they returned to the living room for their respective encores.

The funny thing was L making sure that everyone was watching. She would start and then notice that someone wasn't looking so she'd stop, call that person out, then start again. It took about 10 minutes to make it through Jesus Loves Me.

Who needs a movie when you have a show like that?