Pete thoroughly enjoyed playing in his first basketball game and Poppy had a full schedule of playdates — one of which involved a zip line — over the weekend. Rockford and I had a nice weekend as well. He watched a lot of football and cleaned the kitchen, and I went to the mall, watched “Downton Abbey,” chose some new photos for the walls and polished all of our bouillon spoons.

(Only one of those things didn’t actually happen.)

Monday: Chicken Parmigiana

I’ve been making some variation of “chicken and a pan sauce” every week for the last several. This recipe — from Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything” — isn’t quite that, but it starts with sautéing the chicken so it’s close. Rockford loves chicken parm, so I’m hoping this is really great.

Tuesday: Chili

Tuesdays have turned into The Night When We Have Lot Going On, which also translates to CrockPot Night. I’m slowly but surely building a small arsenal of slow cooker soup recipes.

Wednesday: Pizza subs

It’s Poppy’s week to make the call for kids’ choice night. Seems she’s discovered that a pizza sub is a pretty much the same thing as pizza. Clever kid.

Thursday: Leftover night!

This will be our third week of Leftover Thursday, and I’ve been pretty pleased with it. I don’t normally like leftovers all that much, but I do enjoy not cooking one night a week.

Friday: Pizza

This will also be the third week of DIY pizza, which is doing nicely for the budget.