Dinner and Playtime
Naomi invited us for dinner on Sunday. She wanted to make a big pan of lasagne...never did that before. Neither did I! So of couse we said yes. How much fun is it to be greeted by a little kid running to you yelling "Nana" and throwing his arms around your legs :)
The first thing we had to do Is see Evan's room and play for awhile. He dumped out a bunch of plastic building blocks a constructed a tower. TADA!!
Then we batted a softball around his room and played with his miniature car collection. Cars, trains, trucks and baseball kept us all occupied for awhile. Evan didn't have a nap so he got a bit cranky here and there but with a few diversionary tactics we all got him through the evening without too many tears. At one point he says, "you guys are freakin' me out!" That was after he climbed up to the desk and got his "homework" and a pencil, telling us we had to be quiet while he did his homework. (Can you believe...3 years old and he has homework of tracing his name?)
I looked over Naomi's shoulder while she put the lasagne together. I was surprised the recipe called for uncooked noodles. OK. So she layered it all together and covered it with foil to bake for an hour. We both had our doubts how it would turn out. But it was great! We did agree it needed a little more sauce but the flavor was very good.
We feasted on chocolate ice cream for dessert. I think that was the only thing Evan really ate. He is verrry picky and of course was too excited with company to sit down and eat. We enjoyed dinner, playtime with Evan and visiting with Brad and Naomi.
The weather predictions for yesterday and today were for Santa Ana winds. That means dry, gusty, dusty wind at 40-60 mph. So we put the big awning up and secured the chairs. No wind last night. Then about 9 this morning, suddently a blast of wind hit, the sky was filled with dust and leaves and the trees were bending. That lasted for an hour and then everything was still. So we hopped on our bikes for the morning ride and just got done when another blast came along. That lasted most of the day. As the sun sets the wind usually dies so now it's pretty calm but I think we're in for another blast tomorrow. It's fanning fires around Los Angeles and snarling traffic with downed trees. I'm heading in to Irvine tomorrow so I'll need to watch out for flying garbage :)