All-Day Ballerina Girl

First thing this morning, I made the marinade and diced up the chicken, to cook Indian Butter Chicken for dinner tonight. It’s supposed to marinate for 15 minutes to 24 hours, so I did it first thing this morning, so I could just throw it in the skillet when I got home.

Emerson was sooo chatty this morning. I mean, she almost always is, but this morning, after a few photos of her while blabbing, I literally had to ask, “can you stop talking for one second and just say cheese?” Hahah, she’s so funny!

I started another new audio book today. This one is a reverse re-telling of the movie “How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” which is one of my favorite movies. Actually, with all the stress and chaos and just craziness happening in the world right now, I’ve been gravitating towards these fluffy little romance novels. Three out of the last four audio books have been the same chick lit genre. But I think after this one, I’ve had enough for a while. These aren’t my typical choice, and I need a little change after one too many cheesy love story…

I finished off the rest of my egg salad for lunch today, and still loved every single bite of it. I could have definitely eaten more of it! I’m for sure going to need to make this again soon. Also, I only have about 30 pages left in this library book, and I’m really interested to see how it all turns out. I’ve really enjoyed this one!

Ooh and also, look at how nice my African violet is doing! It’s so beautiful right now!

Emerson had another great day at school today, and did so good on the potty!

While I was working on dinner tonight, Emerson was stamping all over the place… her hands, arms & face included! Then she wanted to wash it off, so I had to help her with the green ink on her cute widdle nose.

But dinner turned out good! I knew Emerson wouldn’t want the butter chicken of course, so I made her a plate of rice, strawberries and Swiss cheese, and she ate every bite on her plate! Plus a good amount of naan!

Jeff and Emerson went out to the hammock to swing for a bit, while I put away all the leftovers, and cleaned up a little bit. They were so cute out there, I just stopped and watched from the front window for a few minutes. But I couldn’t stay away, so I went out to be with them for a few minutes too.

After running around in the front yard for a few minutes, Emerson picked out her own jammies, and I love the little outfit she came up with. I also liked that she wore a ballerina shirt to school, and picked out another ballerina shirt for bedtime. She was an all-day ballerina girl!

She was a little bit tricky at bedtime, and couldn’t quite settle down. I had to go back into her room two separate times, because she wanted one more family hug, and one more lullaby. But I finally got her settled down, and she was good to lay down and go to sleep. I got all the dishes washed and wiped down my kitchen counter. I think it’s time to take a Clorox wipe to all the doorknobs and handles in the house again, so I’ll go do that before settling down on the couch for the night. I think I’m actually going to try to finish up my book before I go to sleep.