father's day

despite a lot of running around, i think father's day was kinda fun. we had the always the villain cd release show the night before, so we were out late and a bit tired on sunday. nissa spent the night at grandma and grandpa's and i met here there after getting my act together sunday. sure, i hoped to get there "early" but when you're not going to bed until after 4 and have to go grocery shopping and bake, it's going to take some time. i baked s'mores whoopie pies for the fathers and i think they turned out pretty well! i found the recipe online and they sounded perfect, as a special little something you don't have every day, unlike the chocolate chip cookies adam suggested. i made those too, but those were for everybody. adam came by after work and we enjoyed sish kebab and just relaxed for the evening. nissa even sat on his lap for a little while.

nissa was a mess when we got there and it was great. she was playing with sidewalk chalk with her cousins and really was enjoying herself. peter and maggie were grinding it down into a powder and using it that way, so there was a lot of dust around. nissa's entire front was dusty and even had some on her face. i'm still not sure if it's a good thing that i was ok with her being quite so filthy, but i'm not going to worry about it now. she was having fun, just as she should.

a funny story from the night before. . . . i had made arroz con pollo during the week and nissa and i enjoyed some left overs for dinner saturday night. there was a chicken leg we were going to share, but mostly rice. i pulled some meat off the bone and gave it to nissa (as we did the first time) but she was more interested in the whole thing. so i pulled the skin off and handed it over. i couldn't touch it again after that! nissa gnawed on that thing forever and got every last bit of meat off of it. she even spent a lot of time on the two ends, with no success. she wouldn't let me take it from her, but she did take suggestions on where to bite next, so that was kinda nice. when i was done eating and she had done all the damage she could do, i pried it out of her hands and took her to her room for a diaper change. i set her down to get the diaper stuff together and she was off in a flash: running to the dining room, climbing up onto my chair and reaching over the table to get the plate with the bone. i came in to her sitting on the chair and gnawing away again. she was really into the chicken leg!