A dinner blow out

It's that moment when your son blows through his diaper onto everything in sight and you thought you picked him up for a quick diaper change and it turned into a full transplant with a need for complete disinfection.  Mid way through, the water boiling on the stove starts over flowing and I cringe because I know that means extra scrubbing and it also means that the gnocchi is probably done and bobbing on the top saying, "hey! hey! look at us!  get us out!"  The dog is now under my feet because he smells the disaster I'm dealing with and Emilie's crying because the lid to her fake make-up fell under the couch and she wants me to "Mommy you get it!?!" 

With Kyle only wearing a diaper, I step over the dog and run to the stove to save my gnocchi.  The blow out means I need to start a load of laundry and we all know that while I get a load of laundry done tonight, it won't make it to the dryer.  I'll be doing it again tomorrow morning and perhaps it will get in the dryer.  Thankfully my co-captain steps through the door to help save the day.  He grabs the naked baby and clothes him while I deal with Aubrie who is whining tbecause she doesn't like what I cooked.  I then move on to help Emilie pull herself together over the missing lid and get her to the table. 

Yes, my shoulders are a little tight and it was a rough 5-6:30 pm shift, but I found myself thinking about how thankful I am.

I'm thankful for the food on our table, warmth in our house, and a home full of young (whiny) children who are such blessings.  I'm thankful for our health, family, and friends.  Our friend's Jese and Casey had their little boy early this morning.  Baby Colton Snyder joins the group and we are so thankful for his arrival and for mama being healthy as well.  Life is good. 

Kyle's getting some sister loving.  He looks suspicious.

Eek!  Those kisses are toxic!

My baby boy.  This outfit is precious and he's only worn it 3-4 times.  He's been crotch busting his outfits.  I'll put something on him that I think he can squeeze into one last time and lay him on his play mat where he'll kick around.  When I go to pick him up, the snaps at his crotch will be busted open and we'll have to go upstairs to try another outfit.  Poor growing boy.

Here's my breakfast club.  We have two baby monitors broken and so Emilie has an old one and Aubrie is without one.  Now she gets out of bed for everything and anything.  She's also started to get out of bed to go potty in the middle of the night.  Scared her poor dad half to death this weekend.  She was up this morning at 7 and Kyle was up at 6:30.  They sure do look alike.

As you know, I tried making gnocchi tonight and I was pretty successful, but we weren't huge fans.  Most gnocchi recipes are made with potatoes, but this one was not.  I want to take another stab and try sweet potato gnocchi.  But here's the recipe anyway if you want to give it a try.  It was good, just not something I'll take the time to make again.

Gnocchi

Dough recipe:

2 cups ricotta

2 eggs

1 cup shredded Parmesan

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp white pepper

1/4 tsp nutmeg

2 cups flour

 

Mix everything but the flour in a large bowl.  Slowly incorporate the flour.  You want the dough to be a little sticky, not super firm.  Roll out into long rolls and cut off little half inch pieces.  Roll the pieces on the back of a fork.  Place on cookie sheet lined with wax paper and put pieces of wax paper in between each layer of gnocchi.  Stick in refrigerator until you are ready for them.

 

Sauce:

 

1/2 cup butter

2 ounces of prosciutto chopped

10 torn basil leaves

1/4 cup pine nuts

1 cup cream

1/2 cup shredded Parmesan

Beat 1/2 cup of cream until whipped, set aside. Melt butter in a sauce pan, add pine nuts and cook until the nuts brown a little. (While waiting begin boiling a pot of water for the gnocchi.) Add 1/2 cup cream to the butter and pine nuts and bring to a light boil. Cook for one minute, then turn the heat down to low. Add basil and prosciutto. Then fold in the whipped cream and the Parmesan. 

Add gnocchi to boiling water. Once they float, they are done! (Happens quickly.) Remove and mix with sauce. Serve Immediately.

Emilie was screaming at the table, being silly, and Adam told her to stop.  All of the sudden she stopped and hung her head.  We got her to look up, but it was really weird.  She just hung her head, kept her face somber, and looked us like a poor puppy and stayed like that for two minutes.  Then all of the sudden she snapped out of it and she was back to laughing and being silly.  Adam said maybe her brain was finally processing what we were asking her to do. 

I've been busy with a Christmas craft project all day today and Adam distracted the girls with bouncy balls so I could finish it.  I could only hear what was going on in the other room.  Aubrie started whining because Emilie knocked the ball out of her hands.  Instead of getting on Emilie for taking Aubrie's ball, I heard Adam say, "Aubrie!  You've got to be strong with the ball, babe.  Protect the ball!"  And then he was coaching both girls how to hang on to the ball.  I probably would have taken away the balls.  What a good dad.  :)

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