As I was looking

around and realizing that I really only had one of the three ingredients for the dinner that I was planning on making this evening and then was trying to decide what to make in its place, I noticed that my kids were being much more productive than me.

Even more notable, they were QUIETly busy.

Robbie and Alexa are playing school. Robbie is being the teacher and imparting all kinds of useful knowledge upon Alexa.


Cole and Rachel have some sort of game set up in the entryway - animal bowling, perhaps? Rachel ran away as soon as she saw the camera coming (bad hair day?), but you'll see Cole here working the game.


And, I am happy to report that while I was waiting for the photos to upload, I took one more look through my pantry (and while not finding the original ingredients I thought I had) I managed to be inspired by some ingredients that I did see and our dinner is simmering on the stove right now. Whew!