Today is technically the last day of summer break.  I have two days of meetings at school on Wednesday and Thursday (no students).  Then I have a four-day weekend.  Friday we're off because in Michigan it's illegal for schools to be open the Friday before Labor Day.  This is to promote tourism in a state where it's a multi-billion dollar industry.  And Monday is Labor Day.  Tuesday we have students.  So technically I start school tomorrow, but . . .

Sasha had a dentist appointment early.  One cavity.  Sigh.  He also has a tooth which is showing up late.  Sasha is missing a couple of teeth congenitally, but one is just now coming in.  It's weird.  The dentist is hoping there'll be room for it.

Then I had a doctor's appointment to talk about medications I'm on.  And then I found myself in the kitchen for several hours.

We were out of cookies, the bananas were getting too ripe to eat, and I was cooking supper.  I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and followed it with banana bread.  Then it was time to make dinner.

I was making quiche for the first time.  We were casting about for meals this week, and it occurred to me that quiche would be something for everyone.  Mackie doesn't like meat.  Aran and Sasha don't like vegetables.  Everyone likes cheese and eggs.  I could make two quiches--one with ham and one with veggies.  I'd never made it before, and discovered that the prep--chopping everything up--took a lot longer than I thought it would.  The boys were all three curious about this weird new dish I was making.  I avoided telling Aran that it was basically egg pie because I didn't think he'd react well.

They came out perfectly fine--it's hard to mess up quiche, really--and all three boys ate it enthusiastically.  Sasha wanted the vegetable one.  (!)  Half an hour after supper, Mackie asked for another piece.  So we'll do this one again.

Oddly tired now.