Play date at my house

This morning for breakfast the kids had the healthiest version of cereal I could find with bananas.  I was feeling okay about this.  My sister called.  I was babysitting her kids today.  She called on her way here to say she was picking up breakfast and wanted to know if we wanted anything.  I said no.  Well, she showed up with 2 cinnamon roll things from ChickfilA for my kiddos.  They were excited.  It was hard for me not to sample them.  But I didn't touch them.  My breakfast was Shakeology with 8 oz plain Kefir.  I have never had Kefir before.  It was okay.
Today I hosted a playdate.  Hosting people over is a really big challenge for me.  I am trying to do it more often to conquer this challenge.  I love the socializing aspect of it.  I have a huge complex about our home.  I am grateful that God has provided us with a home.  But it is small and generally messy.  But my biggest challenge is feeding others.  It makes me nausous.  It is a huge weakness of mine and that is why I am intentionally facing it and working on it.  I had two friends over.  They had a combined total of 5 kids, plus I was babysitting my niece and nephew.  Don't forget my 4, so 11 kids ranging from 2 to 7.  It went really well.  It wasn't nearly as crazy as what I imagined.  Then came time for lunch.  One of my friends had to leave with her 3 kids.  I was making lunch for 8 kids and 3 adults.  Nearly disasterous is how I would describe it.  I was trying to think of something healthy, quick and easy for the kids.  I did not succeed.  I made them hot dogs (I know), with Anne's organic mac and cheese and pops chips.  All of the kids except one hated the mac and cheese.  They basically just ate the hot dogs.  Feeding the kids was a little chaotic.  Then I had planned on making this spinach and black bean wraps for the adults.  The had brown rice in them.  I have never made rice before that wasn't minute rice.  I started the recipe not realizing the rice takes 45 minutes to prepare!  My sister and friend basically just had salad.  My sister almost can't take me and my changes.  She asked for cheese and all I had was a block of raw organic cheddar that needed grated.  This was the constant theme throughout lunch.  I felt so unprepared. The kids asked for hot dog buns.  Well, mine were white bread so I threw them away yesterday.  Seriously, after an hour and a half I had my lunch complete.  It was good and filling.  Next time I would like more seasoning and flavor.  I used an Ezekiel wrap with brown rice, black beans, raw organic cheddar, a mix of spinach, kale and romaine, salsa and topped with plain greek yogurt.  I definitely learned many lessons today.  The biggest one is to be more prepared

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