Playing Princesses
Hanging out in their matching sleeping bags
Enjoying pancakes for breakfast
sLuMbeR PaRtY!!
Avery had her first sleepover with her friend Bailey this weekend. They were both so excited and had a lot fun. Is my baby really old enough for this??? I'm not sure I'M ready yet.
Hanging out in their matching sleeping bags
Enjoying pancakes for breakfast
Hanging out in their matching sleeping bags
Enjoying pancakes for breakfast
Tasty Tuesday
My friend always has the best links on her blog for recipes and stuff. We tried this one a few weeks ago, and I LOVE it. I am always looking for good vegetarian meals because I get SO sick of cooking chicken all the time. Thought I would share it with the rest of you. You have to try it!
Asian Noodle Salad
adapted from Jamie Oliver
SALAD INGREDIENTS:
1 packages linguine noodles, cooked, rinsed, and cooled
1/2 to 1 head sliced Napa cabbage
1/2 to 1 head sliced purple cabbage
1/2 to 1 bag baby spinach
1 red bell pepper, sliced thin
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced thin
1 orange bell pepper, sliced thin (if available)
1 small bag bean sprouts (also called “mung bean sprouts”)
3 sliced scallions
3 peeled, sliced cucumbers
LOTS of chopped cilantro—up to one bunch
1 can whole cashews, lightly toasted in skillet
DRESSING:
Juice of 1 lime
8 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons sesame oil
6 tablespoons soy sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons fresh ginger, chopped
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 hot peppers or jalapenos, chopped
More chopped cilantro—LOTS
Mix together salad ingredients. Whisk together dressing ingredients and pour over salad. Mix with tongs or hands and serve on platter.
*Dressing keeps up to three days before serving, WITHOUT cilantro.
Enjoy!
Girlie Girl
Avery and I had fun making this tutu today. She is ALL girl and I love it! Every night she asks me to tell her a "Princess Avery Story" before she goes to bed. She can't live without her princess panties, princess shoes, princess dresses, or princess whatever, you name it.
Please oh please!
Anyone want their pictures taken?? The kids are getting sick of having the camera in their faces. I need more cute models. Any volunteers?? Come on, it will be fun. You know you want to. :) Don't make me beg. PLEASE just ask. I'll do family pictures, newborns, whatever. I'm not going into business or anything, I just really enjoy taking pictures and want to practice.
Here are a few cute ones of my friend's little boy I did for fun. Check out those baby blues!
Here are a few cute ones of my friend's little boy I did for fun. Check out those baby blues!
I hate it when that happens!!!
So today I was feeling pretty good about having dinner made (just needed to stick it in the oven) and the kitchen cleaned before 4:30 pm. Perfect! Now I'll have a little time to play with the kids before the "night-time rush." Yeah Right!! I turned on the oven to let it heat up. Heard the ding and went to put my homemade manicotti in the oven, and SPLAT!!! yep, dumped the whole thing all over myself and splashed red sauce all over the kitchen. So much for a clean kitchen and a nice meal waiting for hubby to come home. Why do things NEVER go as planned??????? PLease tell me????
Speaking of dinner, Last week I made frozen pizza for dinner and Andy gave me such a hard time!! He loves a good home cooked meal (who doesn't), and I think I do a pretty good job most of the time cooking. But, I'm allowed a break every once and a while, right? I'm just curious to know how often you guys cook. So please take my oh so scientific little polls over on the side bar so I can see where I stand. I'll share my answers later!
P.S. in Andy's defense, he ALWAYS says thank you when I cook a good meal which I really appreciate! And, just so you know, I DON"T cook 7 days a week! :)
UPDATE: Sorry if I made it sound like I am a "perfect house wife" because I AM NOT! And Andy is a GREAT husband who hardly ever complains. :) I usually cook Good meals 5-6 days a week and we eat out once. We like to go to Costco on Friday nights and eat there. It's cheap and I don't have to clean up, so I love it! And as far as frozen pizza or spaghetti type meals...once every month or so.
Happy Sabbath!
Check out this picture! It is Andrew's first piece of artwork. He laid on the floor for 15 minutes drawing this. He has scribbled for a few seconds here and there before, but I can't believe how long he stayed and worked on this. It was so cute to see how hard he was concentrating on his masterpiece!
He had a few other firsts today also. He said please and thank you and finally figured out how to make the little riding car go forward instead of just backwards. Big day for Drew.
Here are a few funny pictures of Avery. It started with her innocently filling the watering can with the hose and of course ended like this
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