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Cael:  How did the first people be born when there were no bellies?
Mama: That's a very, very good question, Cael!  [Explains evolution.]

[10 minutes later]

Cael: Daddy!  Daddy!  Before there were people we turned into monkeys!  And then dogs!  And then bellies!


...We're going to have to revisit this.

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Things my day has included so far:

Laundry, dishes, fever, nausea, coughing, headache, dizziness, screaming, snot, crying.

And that's just me!

Things my day has included so far when you add things the boys have done:

Fever, screaming, fighting, screaming, crying, screaming, vomiting, vomiting, screaming, snot, diarrhea, plunging clogged toilets, screaming, crying, scooping up vomit with a spatula, slipping and falling in the bathtub, screaming, whining, screaming, crying.

You want a photo?  No?  Well, I want to give it to you, so THERE!

All this before 11! 

Bring it on, afternoon.  I'm waiting for you.

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You will need:

4 tbsp butter
3 carrots
3 ribs celery
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 1/2 cup flour
1/4 dry sherry
3 cup chicken broth
1 3/4 cup heavy cream
2 bay leaves
3 chicken breasts
1 cup frozen peas
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
salt and pepper

Optional:

2 helpers
2 aprons
0 pants

Preheat oven to 425. Combine in large bowl: 2 cups flour, 2 tsp sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt.

Add 1 1/2 cup heavy cream. Look adorable.

Form 8 biscuits.

Wash hands.

Melt butter in dutch oven over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, onion and a pinch of salt. Cook until soft, about 8 minutes.

Add garlic and thyme. Add 1/2 cup flour. Stir. Add sherry. Stir.  Sneak a carrot.

Add 1 1/4 cup heavy cream.

Add broth, bay leaves. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Add chicken (cut into bite-sized pieces). Simmer 10 more minutes.

Discard bay leaves. Add peas. Pour into 9x13 pan. Place biscuit dough on top. Cook for 20 minutes.

Let cool 10 minutes. Serve.

Enjoy!

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I understand that real estate is a tricky business, but I'm pretty sure this particular mama bird got played when she bought this property.  Her house is in our ridiculously shoddy and thin arborvitae right at eye level.  She's got a view of nothing, but we've certainly got a view of her.  She may as well be on the ground in the center of our yard mud pit.

Mama Bird:  What do you guys want from McDonalds?
Babies: Cheeseburgers!
[Mama Bird flies away and returns with food.]
Babies:  Did you ask for extra pickles?
[Mama Bird flies away and returns with food.]
Babies:  These have onions!  We said, "No onions!"
Mama Bird:  No, you didn't.
Babies:  It was implied.  No one likes those dehydrated onions.
[Mama Bird flies away and returns with food.]
Babies:  There's not enough mustard.  One squirt?  Who are they kidding with this?  Don't come back with less than two squirts.
[Mama Bird flies away and returns with food.]
Babies:  I'm feeling carnivorous.  Make them double cheeseburgers.
[Mama Bird flies away and returns with food.]
Babies:  Actually, we're thinking maybe McNuggets sound better.
[Mama Bird cries.]

She's a hard worker, that Mama Bird.  At first I felt bad for her.  Then I thought about how she doesn't have to clean the house and I stopped feeling bad for her.  Then I thought about how she doesn't get to use the internet and I felt bad for her again.

Regardless, I think my babies are cuter. :)

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