cheesy noodles, chocolate

another day of little and no nappage we appear in the kitchen at dinnertime preferring sleep over food. "we need something quick that they'll eat a lot of," i say to the cans of beans, the boxes of pasta, the jars of cherries crowded together, disorganized, on the pantry shelves.

rainbow rotini, boiled eight minutes in salted water
parmesan cheese, other basil and peppered cheese to grate
frozen peas, microwaved
pepper
ice water in a nalgene bottle to share

the boys eat the entire 16 oz box of noodles. amazing. they snuggle down to sleep drowsy and i leave the kitchen to clean tomorrow morning.

later, i eat peanut m & m's while ernie returns a dvd and swings through the burger king in search of something for us to eat since our children ate all of the dinner.

sigh.