I'm not a pastor, but Princess was my nickname in college, so I made that slight alteration, and I invite someone over once a month for the festivities. (I missed hosting in July. I tried to invite a family over but our schedules didn't coordinate, and with all the busyness of starting my new job, I just didn't get it done.)
This month I hosted my friends, the Hubbards...party of five. I didn't ask if I could post pictures on the blog, so to be on the safe side, I won't. But I still wanted to tell you about their visit!
Paula is the worship leader at our church, and she has a lot of fun energy. Her husband, Greg, and I went to the same high school. And they have three kids that kept me in stitches on Sunday.
We had Amish breakfast casserole...and pancakes (the regular kind, not the cinnamon swirly kind)...fresh fruit...and orange julius for dessert. The kids were very intrigued by the food prep and informed me early on that they loved pancakes.
Won't lie to you...I'm always nervous to cook for people for the first time, but cooking for kids is an extra nail-biter. They don't have much of a filter, so if they don't like what you made, you're likely to know about it. But these three did not disappoint. One declared she needed a shovel to eat as quickly as she wanted. All three asked for seconds and one asked for thirds. Her parents said no. She tried to barter for dinner leftovers. Must have been a good meal!!
In typical kid fashion, they had a plethora of things to discuss that brought great mortification to their parents. You know...things like poop and pimples and pigs. After turning red several times, their dad said to me, "When you do your scrapbook page of this day, can you say that we were discussing the writings of the Apostle Paul instead of pimples and pigs?" You got it, Greg!
My favorite moment was at the end of the day. I thanked them for coming over, and for this hostess gift they brought me:
Without missing a beat, one of the girls said, "You can thank me by making something for me from that book."
Love. Those. Kids!
Pancakes with the Princess...August Edition = SUCCESS!!!!
6 comments:
Even though this post hurts me to the core for the obvious reasons(My pancakes snub time and time again!!!) I still commented. You forgot to mention Greg is the best eye doctor in the area too :)
i love how the topics all started with "P"....a Sesame Street episode in the making: "This month's Pancakes with the Princess is brought to you by the letter P"
This was a fun one, Beks! Love the kids comments...
Actually, I had pancakes at your house earlier this month--TWICE!!--Lori
Phats - He IS the best eye doctor. I'm sure. If I went to eye doctors. Actually if I did ever go...that's where I'd go. But here's what I learned while I was talking with him: DON'T TOUCH THE LENSES!!!! They're hard to clean.
Kristin - LOL!! I do try to live an alphabetical life. I had pondered doing Pasta with the Princess next...or Breakfast with Bek and Braeya. :)
Delta - Yes, they were hysterical. They said many more funny things too, but of course I didn't write them down immediately...
Lori - You did, but it wasn't my best work. I'll make it up to you at Thanksgiving. :)
AAACCCKKKK! Phats! I just realized I missed your birthday this year!!! And I was gonna post it on my personal blog too...sigh.
Next March I shall try to be more public about your gracefully aging!
It IS March? right? maybe?
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