Is it Dinner time?

What's dinner like at your house? I've been thinking. I'm very thankful for my mom who prepares things for when we get home from school. I think that's how it all began. Mom if you are reading this I am not complaining. It saves me from cooking full blown meals - and that is good for me. I'm just taking a poll.

You see, back at our old home. We'd get home from school around 3:30 and nothing would be prepared obviously. So the kids would have a snack - chips, pudding, cheese and crackers, etc. Something not very filling, but just to hold them over. I'd lounge for a bit. At around 4:00 I'd start THINKING about what we were going to eat. Finally around 5:00 I'd start cooking something. Jorge would get home (he worked at treetop then) and we'd eat around 6:00 or so.

Now our schedule is more like this. We get home around 3:30 and there is sopita ready (hope you know what that is - think mexican ramen, just noodles and broth) or papas and chorizo (fried potatoes with mex. sausage). Well that after school snack is much more filling for my kids - and me. So then I'm not hungry, neither are they, so why cook. Oh yeah, Jorge is coming home. Hmm. So he's either home when we get there or arrives shortly after. We've all eaten. So he has a sandwich or somthing quick. By the time we are all hungry again its around 7:30 or 8:00. That's too late to cook a full meal deal. So we eat cereal, eggs, or hot pockets. Something quick and easy. Or a lot of days after we have our "snack/meal" we go somewhere and end up eating out around 7:00. On the rare occasion that my mom worked and is not home - then it's panic time. Why? Because it's my turn to return the favor to my mom. I have to think quick and get something cooked when she gets home. That's when I actually cook.

So I don't cook much. When I do I want it to be something great. Usually my kids don't want to eat it. They'd rather have sopita, papas and chorizo, or tacos. (they sure have the mexican genes) chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, etc. just don't cut it. Then I lose any joy in cooking when they don't want to eat it. Jorge ate my dad's oatmeal the other day. I never make him oatmeal.

Well that's what was on my mind today. Since I'm getting ready to make a grocery list. I was thinking what am I going to need. Then I thought - what is mom going to need. THANK YOU MOM FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR MY FAMILY. I am truly blessed to have you so close. Thanks for showing your love to us by serving us.