So here's the short of it, 
Today was a nice cooking day.

And here's the long.

Liga was over for most of the day helping us out with some house cleaning.  Thank Goodness!  It was great to have some help.

Today's family dinner was pasta with a choice of meat sauce or marinara with lots of veggies to stir into either one. I used a wide noodle - but I had told the kids we were having spaghetti.

When Liga's boyfriend got here, she was trying to explain to him that we weren't really having spaghetti - I overheard her say, "well it's not really spaghetti, Mom's using Jewish noodles".  I thought that was pretty funny.  The meat sauce especially was a hit!

I also made a huge pot of navy bean soup - so between the leftovers and the soup we'll be good for lunch and dinner for the rest of the week!

It's been nice to be in this routine for almost a year.  Mom - the kids when they can with their girl/boyfriends when they can - all here for Sunday night dinner.  It's nice for us.