now for something completely different

Those of you who knew my mother know that she was a woman with many attributes, but the ability to cook was certainly not one of them. We were the only three children to go to college and call home raving about the cafeteria food. As such, my culinary history is pretty bleak, consisting mainly of cereal and take out. It's only since the baby was born that I've started trying to cook, and it's been a series of ups and downs. I'm sticking with crock pot meals and casseroles, and some have been tasty, and others.... not so much. But tonight I made a chicken and spinach casserole (that I made once before) and it really is pretty alright. Here's a picture right out of the oven-

And here it is once we dove in-

Not too shabby, right? I am pretty impressed, myself. The other night I even made risotto, and it tasted great! So maybe my cooking skills aren't genetic, after all. JC is just happy that we're not having chili dogs every night.

So, no baby pics today. We went to gymboree class today and I was too busy trying to keep up with Gray to stop and take any pictures. Although, one awkward thing did happen. Today there were only two other babies in class, Duchess and a new baby, Sadie. Duchess was with her dad, and Sadie with her mom. I was excited that there was another mom there, but truth be told, she wasn't super friendly. At any rate- at one point, Sadie became fussy, and her mom (just sitting against the wall), called her over and then pulled down her shirt and pulled out her boob to breastfeed! Now, I am a pretty free-to-be-me chicky, and I am breastfeeding too, but I try to be a little discreet about it. Not so in this case. Which would have been fine, albeit a little awkward, if someone else had not spied Sadie's mom's exposed boob. And no, I am not talking about Duchess' dad. Graydon saw her lift her shirt from across the room, and I literally saw his eyes light up. The next thing I know, my son was toddling determinedly across the room, with his eyes on the prize. I had to tackle him and distract him with a new toy before he was persuaded to abandon his quest. I mean, seriously. Weaning may be a little harder than I previously thought.

On a final note, thanks to Carrie and friends for the girls night out last night! It was great fun. Can't wait to do it again :)

Ok, fine, one baby pic. He really is too cute not to showcase as much as possible: