We have FINALLY scheduled the tasting for the wedding menu - woohoo! Our caterer is a local restaurant, Shebeen, which specializes in African cuisine. Their catering portion of the business will make just about anything you want. Picking a wedding menu is hard when you have a large number of guests, an extremely picky bride, a groom who (according to my father) requires quantity over quality, oh and don't forget that pesky little thing called a BUDGET. Michelle, our coordinator at Shebeen, has been absolutely fantastic in working with us and I am SO excited to see how wonderful all our food tastes. Yum yum! We head to the restaurant next Monday. Mama is coming down this weekend to tag along so that will be fun. :)
Because of my crazy work schedule I've decided to stay in Virginia for Thanksgiving. I just need to sleep for five days straight and not sit in a car for 8 hours. I suppose that's the nice thing about having a fiance though. We have a whole other family 30 minutes over the mountain. Christopher's parents live just on the other side of our Monticello mountain and his sister is coming and bringing her family. So although I won't have my Mama and Daddy and Bubby on Thanksgiving, I will still have Christopher's family.
Today at school we had our Thanksgiving lunch. All the parents were invited to attend and eat turkey in the clasroom with us. We had five parents come, which was a pretty nice turnout. Some of the kids were really upset that their families weren't able to come so I told them I would be their family for the day. Well that turned out to be a little too true. One of my buddies was SO tired and was crying and clingy and I ended up eating my Thanksgiving "feast" (PBJ, mashed potatoes, apple crisp and milk - I opted out of the turkey) with him on my lap crying. I looked at one of the mothers and said, "Is this what it's going to be like when I have kids? I'll never have a meal to myself again?" And three of them nodded. HA! Other than that my kids were amazing in the lunchline. They used their super best manners and were as cute as can be. Some days I just love my job.
Next week we make Stone Soup and feast on that Tuesday. Each student is bringing in just a little something and we're going to teach them to cut them with kiddie knives and cook it all in a big pot. It'll be great. I can't wait to see the photos!!
Because of my crazy work schedule I've decided to stay in Virginia for Thanksgiving. I just need to sleep for five days straight and not sit in a car for 8 hours. I suppose that's the nice thing about having a fiance though. We have a whole other family 30 minutes over the mountain. Christopher's parents live just on the other side of our Monticello mountain and his sister is coming and bringing her family. So although I won't have my Mama and Daddy and Bubby on Thanksgiving, I will still have Christopher's family.
Today at school we had our Thanksgiving lunch. All the parents were invited to attend and eat turkey in the clasroom with us. We had five parents come, which was a pretty nice turnout. Some of the kids were really upset that their families weren't able to come so I told them I would be their family for the day. Well that turned out to be a little too true. One of my buddies was SO tired and was crying and clingy and I ended up eating my Thanksgiving "feast" (PBJ, mashed potatoes, apple crisp and milk - I opted out of the turkey) with him on my lap crying. I looked at one of the mothers and said, "Is this what it's going to be like when I have kids? I'll never have a meal to myself again?" And three of them nodded. HA! Other than that my kids were amazing in the lunchline. They used their super best manners and were as cute as can be. Some days I just love my job.
Next week we make Stone Soup and feast on that Tuesday. Each student is bringing in just a little something and we're going to teach them to cut them with kiddie knives and cook it all in a big pot. It'll be great. I can't wait to see the photos!!
I think your father had a senior moment when stating
ReplyDeleteI require quantity over quality. I require the utmost quality in regards to my food, and I eat like a bird ;-)