And so it has begun. Dalton has a friend over this afternoon. This friend just turned down more video games because he wanted to play with Maggie Anne. I already have to start watching the boys.

I thought I would have more time than this!

So, a kid with stomach flu almost destroyed my couch last week. I was able to wash the cushion covers well enough, but the pillows were destroyed. Exploring Etsy, I cam across these awesome gems. Got to pick the color of my zig zag and the color of the felt cut out.

What I love SO, SO much is that Blair was able to cut out hearts for Ruston & New Orleans on the Louisiana pillow.

Here's the link to the three sisters Etsy store:

www.etsy.com/shop/ThreeSistersGalleryB?ref=seller_info

They have a ton of really cute designs!

Well, I finally went and made a recipe that I saw on Pinterest! Amazing, I know! It looked really great and I had been looking for an Asian-style noodle recipe. While Boyd likes food much more spicy than I do, I decided to be adventurous and give these a try. I made a pretty big mistake and it ended up almost too hot for Boyd to enjoy, but I made it through a small helping and am anxious to try it again on a lower heat level. I'm putting the link below the recipe because they have really pretty pictures to go along with the recipe.

Spicy Thai Noodles

1 to 2 Tablespoons crushed red pepper (I used 1 heaping Tablespoon and it was too hot for us)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sesame oil

Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes (this was my second mistake, I left it standing for about 1 minute more which further intensified the heat). Strain the red pepper and reserve the oil.

Add to the reserved oil:

6 Tablespoons honey
6 Tablespoons soy sauce

Cook package of linguine or angel hair pasta (I used plain old spaghetti)

Pour liquid over the noodles and mix well. Stir every few minutes so the noodles can soak up all the liquid from the bottom of the bowl.

Add the following to the top of the noodles before serving:

Chopped green onions
Shredded carrots
Chopped cilantro
3/4 cup peanuts
Toasted Sesame Seeds

So, I don't like onions and I didn't have carrots or cilantro, but I did throw the peanuts and sesame seeds in a dry skillet to toast them up and they were super yummy! While I made this batch too spicy to truly enjoy, the flavors were so good that I can't wait to try it again.

Here's the original post and another cute blog:

http://asmallsnippet.com/2011/03/spicy-thai-noodles.html

Every so often I find special evidence that I live in a house full of kids. I found this today when I got up. Had to laugh.

In case you have ever wondered what a mouth full of Peep looks like . . .

A great big THANK YOU to our cousin Margaret for sending a boatload of Box Tops for Dalton's school!

Maggie Anne made me laugh on the way home. It's unusually cold and tonight it was rainy. She was asking me if there was thunder because she knows that when there is thunder and lightning, they can't play in the rain. Well, it's 40 degrees, so she wasn't playing in the rain anyway. I told her it was too cold.

After a pause, she exclaimed, "Aaaahhhhh, POOP! I forgot my jacket!" With her Southern drawl, it was especially funny. I think her logic is funny, too - that forgetting her jacket was the only reason that she wasn't going to get to play in the rain.