Monday funday, end of summer wah....

Suri, the best dog name ever, courtesy of Mariel...Suri means "princess". Princess Piggypants, Princess Snugglebum. Tubby Tubster. Bill. Does anyone else have like twenty names for their dog?

Anyway, today I stayed home the whole day, except for driving Jon to work. Wulf came over for the afternoon, his mama is now overdue and had an appointment, and his daddy had his first college class. Wulf was a very good boy, he played with play dough and read some books and played with blocks, and rode his trike. He helped me water the plants, and he hung out with Grampa for a bit.

With butter chicken in the crockpot, and rice measured out in a sauce pan, we decided What The Heck, and made naan bread. We didn't have plain yogurt, so used a different recipe, and it was pretty good. I don't eat bread, but I did taste it, twice, just to make sure it was really that yummy. The dough had to rise twice, then we flattened the little balls of dough, and I stood there slaving over the panini maker.

I didn't want to eat the rice, so I made some cauliflower florets sautéed in butter, and mmmm. Butter chicken with fresh cilantro on the top, while watching Parks and Rec, well, that's a pretty good summer night! (We don't always eat at the table anymore...but we have fun together...)

Tomorrow, we're going to the grocery store bright and early, then, a trip to the beach in the afternoon. Miss Sonja K. has started college, she commutes a few days a week, then the rest is online. Miss Char and Miss Cam went on a tour of their high school today. I waited in the car, parents aren't allowed, which was fine. I've had kids in that high school since 1999.., so...been there done that, ha.

We did go sit on the pool deck for a bit. I ventured into the 71 degree water, cleaned out the leaves gathered in the center, scooped out the bugs, dipped in for a bit, then got out and sat in the sun. Pool season is never long enough.

But I am thankful for the beautiful summer we had. It was truly gorgeous.