this weeks menu...

oops!

tonight we already had turkey rice soup.

tomorrow night chicken fajitas!  (yum)

wednesday night sausage linguini.

saturday night fondue and 'elf.'  (new christmas tradition?)

the end of the binky

we really should have done this a long time ago.  but i kept putting it off.  it's like ripping off a band-aid - you just have to do it!

well, dominic forced me to do it because he bit holes in all his binkies and i wasn't going to get him a new one.  we had been talking about the binky fairy for a long time and now we had to just DO IT.  i wrote a letter for him to the binky fairy (which he started writing and i finished):

and we left them in the mail box.

the next morning he got this and was very excited about it!

he still asked for it for a while but now it's forgotten.  whew!  now to get his teeth fixed...  

birthday celebration #2

on dominic's actual birthday, we had a small family dinner - just us with Omi and Auntie Melissa.  he loves mac-n-cheese, so i made this gourmet mac with white cheddar and smoked gouda (not to mention prosciutto)... and he did not like it.  ha!  i guess i'll have to use cheaper cheese next time.  

we just had cupcakes (which he helped me make) because we were having another party in a few days.  

here he is waiting for his birthday parade.  doesn't he look excited?  he actually was.  

by far his favorite present:  mack (from the movie cars) from auntie melissa.  

it was a fun evening and a good day.

dominic's birthday prayer

i've asked dominic before if he wants to pray for the meal.  he never does.  tonight was his birthday dinner and i said, "ok, papa is going to pray."  he replies, "i want to pray."

oh well, ok, of course you can pray.

this was his prayer:

dear God, please help me to not be scared.  

[peeks at me. i say, thank you for the food.]  thank you for the food.  

[peeks again; thank you for my birthday.]  thank you for my birthday.  

amen.

i taught him to pray that at night when he's scared.  (mostly, i think he says he's scared so i'll come into his room.)  so when he prays, that's what he knows how to say!  so funny.