exhausting

that's what today was.  those crazy kids of mine were complete punks.  woke up in bad moods that lasted all day and caused them to pick on each other and scream the whole day long.  poor corey was at work all day.  left at 8:00am  and didn't get home until 9:20pm.  looks like his tuesdays are shaping up to be long ones.  

it was just a long day for all of us.

cooking adventures in the kitchen

have any of you had that chicken & gnocchi soup from the olive garden?  i love it.  i may even be a little bit obsessed about it.  so i decided i was going to try to make it.  i found a recipe on the internet that claimed it was similar to olive garden's and got to work.it turned out alright, i guess.  definitely not as good as the original.  i let it cook a smidgen too long so it was thicker that it should be, and i wasn't a huge fan of the gnocchi that i bought, but once again, the boys ate it up, so it was not a complete waste.  i think i'll just stick to the original from now on, though.

also,  i am having a hard time getting used to our oven.  can anyone guess why?that's right.  there are no numbers on the knob.  it's a pain.  my mom bought me a temp gauge to put inside the oven (thanks mom!) which helps me get in the general range of the temp i need to be at, but it's still a guessing game.  

the one cute moment of the day

even though the boys were punks for the vast majority of the day, they did have this one redeeming moment.  they were all outside playing on the deck and for once they weren't screaming.  so i peeked out and saw slade pushing and pulling cash around in a tiny little lego wagon.  they were just so happy and getting along and jagger was laughing and it was a perfect little moment. slade pushed cash around for probably a good five minutes.  then jagger decided he wanted slade to pull him around, but cash didn't want to get out and they started pushing and screaming and the cute moment was over.

it was a relief to get them all into bed tonight.  after a good night's rest, they'll be refreshed and happy for a new day tomorrow.  i'm sure it will be a great one :)