Quiet Day At Home

Today was a nice and quiet day at home.  Matt stayed home for a second day (neither of us were feeling well).

The boys are just as happy go lucky as ever.  They have such a good time playing together.  It is so much fun to see them do that.  They really enjoy all the Thomas the train tracks and trains we have (thanks Dad for starting such a great thing).  Max builds the track and sometimes Ben breaks it, but most of the time Ben just gets some trains to run on Max's track.  It is a common occurrence to hear, "Chug-a, Chug-a, Choo Choo" in our house.

I got some work done of Christmas projects, Matt played poker on the computer and we had an all around good day.

Dinner was yummy ( I cooked this time).  I made Rita's TaterTot Casserole and the kids just love it.  Simple to make.....

1lb ground beef
1 bag frozen veggies
1 can cream of mushroom or celery soup
1 bag of tatertots

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Brown the ground beef and drain.  Place the frozen veggies in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.  Layer on the ground beef next, then spoon the can of soup over the beef.  Last, cover the whole thing with tatertots and bake for 1 hour.

Easy and we all loved it.

Tonight Max had soccer practice and he loves it.  He is getting pretty good at kicking....too bad he is not better at listening.  Sometimes Max goes off in his own little world, but that is to be expected at that age.  Ben was good and sat in his stroller most of the time....when he got fussy, I took him out and let him kick Max's ball around a little.  He is good too and quick.  Hard for me to catch him some times.

All in all a great day...Thanks to God for all of our blessings.