The last 11 days have been spring break for our girls.  They had Thursday, Friday plus the entire next week off.  We decided that since they would be home, I would work full time during that time and have them care for their dad (if he needed anything)


We discovered a few things during that time.  Mostly, teenagers are needy and probably not the best choice to leave with dad if he were to be needy :)  One day on his request, they left him at the mall so that he could have some peace and quite.  We do love our teenagers, but they are LOUD!


As the week wound down, Marty decided he wanted to try staying at home by himself all day when the girls went back to school.  I have typically been working 1/2 day from home and 1/2 day from the office.  So, today I went to the office.


I checked in on Marty periodically throughout the day.  He was doing great!  He finished laundry, swept the floor and cleaned the kitchen.  AWESOME!  He also made dinner.


Cooking requires multi-tasking.  Marty is NOT a multi- tasker. So, what did he choose for her first dinner to cook solo?  Salmon, pasta, vegetables and rolls.  Not bad.

• Salmon - directions said to pour a generous amount of olive oil in the bottom of the pan.  Is an inch of oil generous?  Otherwise it was delicious!
• Pasta -  He had picked out a boxed shells and cheese mix.  Like I said, multi-tasking is not a strong point of Marty's.   He wasn't sure how to cook pasta and salmon at the same time, so he cooked the pasta first.  By the time the Salmon was done, the pasta was cold, but still yummy.
• Vegetables - he completely forgot about the vegetables until we were sitting down to dinner.  They were still in the freezer.  We just skipped them.  We'll have them another time.
• Rolls - we had a package of frozen rolls in a pan that you just throw in the oven.  We should probably buy more of these.  He made them earlier in the afternoon.  Serving size was perfect.