A friend, and mama of one cute little red-headed, freckled boy in Holden’s class, welcomed a third sweet boy named Rowen on April 1st ~ no foolin’. Almost immediately, another friend spearheaded a Meal Train to come down the track and deliver meals to little Rowen’s family. I immediately jumped on board and signed up for a dinner date. I absolutely love bringing a home cooked meal to new parents who essentially need tooth picks to keep their eyes open during the first days…weeks…months with a newborn under their roof.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Mexican Lasagna is the dish that I’ve coined as my {dinner after baby} meal. It’s one of those dishes that just as good, if not better, a day or two later.

Normally I bake it and deliver it hot and ready to serve, but this time I decided to grab a disposable pan, assemble it and add a little note for how to heat & serve it just in case they didn’t want it immediately or something else came up.

They also have two little guys {a kindergartner and a preschooler} that like pasta {when you create a Meal Train profile, it gives you the opportunity to tailor it to the recipients likes/dislikes}. I decided to just do a simple Annie’s white cheddar shells and carrot sticks with Ranch for the boys. I picked up a couple tossable plastic containers and included a Capri Sun and a CLIF fruit twist for dessert. I also tied a couple Army parachuters to the top of their individual plastic containers to make it extra special for both big brothers.

I included a caesar salad kit, some sparkling lemonade, paper plates, napkins and a couple treats for baby.

And what is dinner without a little something sweet afterwards? Yesterday I whipped up a batch of my all time favorite Sugar Cookie Bars…with baby blue cream cheese buttercream, of course!

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Meal Train is a great way to orchestrate meal delivery for a variety of different reasons. It’s extremely easy to log on and select a date to deliver a meal to appreciative recipients.

It’s been awhile since we’ve been able to deliver a meal to a family with a new baby! It was so much fun to put this together and deliver it to their doorstep this afternoon.

I will never forget the kindness and thoughtfulness WE received after Elliott & Holden were born. Sweet friends bearing meals and gifts in those first days after coming home from the hospital are so vivid in my memory and were so very much appreciated.

It is just as much a joy to be on the giving end.

Cannot wait to meet you, little Rowen Samuel!

XOXO