3/9- 3/10 -  2017

Days 9 and 10:

  Playing catch up on my Lenten log, I realize now that if I am going to be so lazy (my prime identifying characteristic) I should at the very least take some notes.  I have been constantly in the search of new ideas for recipes that are both gluten free and edible.  Potatoes, rice and corn are our friends.  We got a circular from our local grocery store and they had a really clever recipe for an inside out Thai salad roll.  Basically it is shrimp and rice vermicelli with cilantro, mint, veg and peanut dressing.  I had to find a gf recipe for the peanut dressing as the one on the store shelf was not, but that was easy enough.  It turned out great.  I ate leftovers the next day and it was great then as well.

  Mario has been a video game nut for a long time.  It was getting to the point that I was becoming concerned.  We knew that once he started school he would start interacting with kids more and hoped that it would translate into more collaborative play at home as well.  It has finally happened.  Mario is all about board games, card games and now, his new favorite game is dominos.  I get it.  It is a classic.  I love that whereas he would just want to plug in and turn into a zombie, now he wants to play games with me.  I will not begrudge him that in the least.  I just have a lot to do and wish Sophia would play with him too.  The age gap between them is becoming more apparent.  One might think that as they grew older it would seem smaller (in proportion to their ages.)  I just have a feeling that puberty will be a major game changer.  Not looking forward to that.  All I can do there is lay down groundwork so they know that they can talk to me and keep me in the loop.... hahaha right.

 I also made a pretty great lemon pound cake from the America's Test Kitchen GF Cookbook.  It was stellar.  Everybody wants it again.  I may just have to accommodate them.