Dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's

Tonight we went to my parent's house for dinner. My dad made wiener schnitzel. We also had rice, gravy, green beans, and corn.

dad-ate a little of everything
daughter7-ate the meat, rice, tried the gravy, and corn
son5-had everything on his plate and he ate everything except maybe the gravy
son3-had everything, ate everything and then kept asking for more gravy. He ate a lot of gravy
mom-ate a little of everything

My dad makes good wiener schnitzel. He learned from a foreign exchange student we had from Austria. It is now one of his specialities.

Roast

On Sunday, we had Roast. It was son3's birthday (he is now officially three). He said yes to whatever I asked him he wanted for dinner so I picked roast. My father-in-law raises beef cattle so we get our beef for free. This last cow we got came with very big roasts. It wouldn't fit in my crock pot. Dad had to cut it in half with the knife and a rubber mallet while it was frozen.

I put the roast with 3 or 4 bouillon cubes and some chopped onion in the crock pot before we left for church. After church, I made mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, corn, and pineapple. We had dad's parents, sister, and her husband over for dinner.

Everyone ate well. We made sure the kids at least ate their fruit and green beans. I think everyone ate their meat as well.

I hadn't made a big dinner like that for a while. It was good. And easy.