July 8, 2012
Sunday Dinner Geometry 101:
Combine one family of seven with one family of five. Sort them into appropriate age groups: four adults, two tweens, five children and
one toddler. Seat everyone comfortably into a 12 foot by 7 foot
eating area.
Where will everyone
sit?
Solution:
Push the round kitchen table to the north, place the black folding
card table to the south, and wedge the wooden kiddie table from the toy room
somewhere in between.
Voila!
Today’s Sunday dinner involved the largest group I’ve ever
squeezed into our kitchen-dining area. I
wasn’t even sure what quantity of food to make, so I cooked too much rather
than too little:
Heavenly Chicken served over Brazilian Rice
FRESH corn pudding (a new recipe)
Au Gratin Potatoes
Sweet Potato Casserole
Fresh Berries
Carrots-n-Dip
Rolls, Rolls, and More Rolls
Mrs. S. is famous in military-wife circles for her Texas
sheet cake, so I knew what dessert would be long before we extended the invitation
to dinner. Walking into our home carrying
a giant jelly-roll pan still warm from the oven, glistening with shiny
chocolate frosting, Mrs. S. explained that we probably wouldn’t eat the entire
cake.
We did.
We met the S. family at church several years ago. Mr. S. flies helicopters for the Air Force
and loves his job. Mrs. S. is a Harry
Potter, Twlight, and Fablehaven series reader and home schools several of her
children. Both of them had interesting
stories of military life and places they’ve lived. My boys and the S. boys stayed occupied for
several hours with our Hot Wheels race tracks.
The youngest S., a cute, brown-eyed, blond-haired little girl, pulled
out Kate’s old princess dress up clothes and paraded through the kitchen as Sleeping
Beauty, Belle, and Jasmine.
I'd like to believe in the famous quote from Lucy Maud
Montgomery, author of the wonderful Anne
of Green Gables series:
"True friends are
always together in spirit."
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