Before Twitter, I would have definitely blogged this. Since I started using Twitter, blog posts like this usually get compressed into 140 characters or less and maybe a Twitpic. However, tonight when I went to tweet this, I couldn't say what I wanted within the 140 character constraint and I was reminded of the days when blog posts like this were more frequent. I often say that "Twitter killed my blog", but tonight the blog won.

Tonight, Kim went to play Bunko with some girls. It's something she does monthly-ish. She gets out of the house and get some kid free grown-up time, which leaves me with the kiddos.

Just as Kim was leaving, the Pritchetts showed up with our dinner. They are one of the very gracious families that have volunteered to make dinner for us while we get used to have two kids in the house. Tonight, they brought us some pasta and salad.

I set Palmer in his chair with some pasta to eat. When I returned with my dinner he had eaten all that I had given him. He looked at me like, "You gonna eat your cornbread?" So, I gave him some oranges to eat. He scarfed those down, too, so I gave him some more pasta. While he was working on round two of pasta, I got him to try some lettuce, which he did not seem to like all that much, and some tomatoes. At first he resisted the tomatoes, but after he tried one, he asked for more.

Since he ate so well, I decided to reward him with some dessert. I gave him a cup of pudding, which he kept referring to as chocolate milk. Below are some pics from that. He was pretty funny to watch eating the pudding.





Overall, my single dad with two kids night went well. Our kids are pretty good when they want to be. Tonight, they took it easy on daddy.

* Every time I say "Twitter killed my blog", I think of this song. Every time I hear that song, I think of Empire Records, which by the way is an excellent movie.

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Labels: family, food, movies, music, Palmer, twitter