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On my last day of work at the firm, we decided to find another way to get together because our paths wouldn't cross as often. Since Jonathan is busy every Thursday - with either fire commissioner meetings or fire trainings - it was a great fit for the Wee Ski and me.
Twice a month, we head up to Mom and Dad's. Thomas gets to spend quality time with Grandma and Grandpa, and I get to try out recipes on my parents and make Jonathan's lunch for Friday at the same time. It's a win-win-win. :)
I nurse Thomas right before we leave with him in his jammies, and then he heads to bed in his carseat at 6:45 pm, just like at home. (Except, normally, he sleeps in his crib, not the car. Only the car when he's screaming. Just kidding. Or not.) We get home around 8 pm, and he slides right into his crib relatively easily.
Tonight, we had peppercorn pork tenderloin, lemon broccoli, butternut squash soup, fresh corn and insalata caprese. I brought up some garlic sun-dried tomato spread (from Cibo Naturals) with crackers.
Sidenote
I adore Cibo Naturals. They have a fantastic lemon artichoke pesto that I love from Metropolitan Market. Costco currently has a duo of the garlic sun-dried tomato spread + basil roasted walnut spread for about $9. (An awesome deal if you know MM's prices :) ) They also have great recipes here.
Back to tonight.
Thomas loved hanging with Grandma and Grandpa. Lots of love for him.
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Cousin Avila stopped by with Uncle Mike. You can see here that Thomas is not a discriminating bruiser, here he is pulling Avila's hair too.
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They kiss and make up...
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...and Thomas goes for it again.
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Clearly, this child is destined for living life on the edge. Not even phased by the yelling cousin.
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He got to see Uncle Mike, and Avila found her bearings again.
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She found something else, too.
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...and some more somethings.
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And she loved Thomas going in the car and getting to have Grandma and Grandpa to herself. :)
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And once the dogs were a little further away, I got this image that I love of her.
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So looking forward to our next round - we will be celebrating Mom and Dad's 39th anniversary a few days early!
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