Whaddup Bloggers?! Some of you may have heard that my last day at work is June 3rd, and I will become a STAY-HOME-MOMMY. I am mucho excited!!! This is truly a blessing from God, and is only possible through Him! I have all of these awesome plans for my house - sewing, cooking, turning my children into tiny geniuses, etc. I cannot wait to begin!
I fully expect that going from full-time working-Momma to Domestic Diva will come with its share of challenges and will lead to a lot of funny. I hope to squeeze in the time to blog a little along the way about the new journey we are taking as a family.
Going from two incomes to one is going to be the biggest challenge, without a doubt, so one of the things we are going to
cut out cut way down on is eating out. I love to cook and my family loves to eat - well, two of them do... We are going to work on JC this summer. Tonight I made one of JC's favorites - spaghetti - in celebration of his last day of kindergarten. As a special treat, he and I made
"Homemade Olive Garden breadsticks." I found the recipe on a darling little blog called
Full Bellies, Happy Kids. These turned out really yummy, but here are a few tips from my experience.
- Even if your boy decides at the last minute when you have the dough at the perfect consistency that he wants to help after all, DO NOT OVER-KNEAD THE DOUGH. Instead of light and airy you get very dense breadsticks.
- No matter how hungry your family is. Even if the baby has started nawing on Daddy's big toe, DON'T SKIMP ON THE RISING TIME. 45 minutes minimum.
- USE LESS SALT THAN THE RECIPE CALLS FOR. For the buttery, garlicy salty topping, the recipe calls for 2 tsp of salt. I used maybe 1 1/2 and it was still too salty.
- BUY CUTE LITTLE BASKETS FROM DOLLARE GENERAL AND WRAP THEM JUST LIKE OLIVE GARDEN!!! It makes them more sexy. :)
These little guys were good! Ya'll enjoy!
Check back soon for more adventures with the Robertsons!
