Sunday Family Sunday

I used to work on Sundays, but no more. If it weren’t for Sundays I’d never get to be with my whole family. Sundays are family fun days!

This morning my husband made me apple pancakes. Yum!!! It was a super easy, fast recipe. Here’s a link to the recipe: http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/recipes/r-penzeysApplePancakes.html

We have to have our family fun in between Put Pie’s naps, which doesn’t give us much time to be out. It was over 80 degrees in San Francisco today, so we decided to go for a walk in the Panhandle.

I’ve never been an outdoorsy person. I could be indoors for days and not feel deprived, but it just doesn’t seem right to keep Put Pie cooped up. I go out of my way to try and make her laugh and sometimes: nothin’, but if I take her for a walk and she sees a tree’s leaves rustle in the wind she starts cracking up. At first, I didn’t get it, but it is kind of funny how the trees move. I just hadn’t noticed.

Kids are great because they make you enjoy things you would normally take for granted. It reminds me of the song “Jack and Diane” by John Mellencamp (or did he still have Cougar in his name at the time). There is a line that goes, “oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone…” I think that’s why we have kids. They bring the thrill of living back. We took her to the playground and she had her first solo swing ride (see photo). She loved it. I mean, doesn’t she look happy?

The day ended with a superb homemade pesto, potato, tomato pizza made by my husband. How lucky am I? Here’s the link he used to make the wonderful pizza crust:

All in all, it was a great day.