Anniversary Weekend

Since Joel and I went to Charleston a few weeks ago to celebrate our anniversary early, we had a quiet actual-anniversary-weekend. We did have a babysitter Saturday night, Caroline's teacher Ashley who is also babysitting for us again this coming Saturday so we can go out to dinner with friends. We had dinner at PF Chang's (got to use those American Express points for something; actually I enjoy PF Chang's since they changed up their menu and offer a lot of seasonal items now). We also saw the movie Gravity. So dinner + movie = good night! The kids were well-behaved according to the babysitter's report, and she did not seem to be regretting her decision to agree to two weekends in a row of babysitting ;)

Yesterday I had a quiet morning at home with Caroline while Joel took the kids to Hebrew School and then to the grocery store with him. During the afternoon both Ben and Rebecca were pretty much unseen; Rebecca has become a lot more independent/sociable with the kids on the street, and it helps that two recently-moved-in neighbors have kids about her age. So she was "out" all afternoon, and Ben was in and out but also self-occupied.

After the Eagles' crushing defeat Joel set about making Chinese food for dinner -- Buddha's Feast. It actually turned out very well despite a lukewarm reception by Caroline and an even cooler reception by Rebecca ;) Ben, Joel and I enjoyed it! Caroline picked out some of the vegetables and noodles, but didn't seem keen on trying the tofu. We of course used gluten free noodles and soy sauce, and double checked that the rest of the ingredients were all naturally gluten free as well.