Occasionally Mom's have to let their babies misbehave so that they can finish making themselves ready for the rest of the world.

Scary Daddy

linguine with Shrimp Scampi

I made this the other day and it's one of my new favorites!! It's a Rachel Ray but I changed a few things. I bought a bag of frozen shrimp at Sam's Club about 2 months ago and made 4 meals from it which is how I could afford buying shrimp. Try it!!!!!!

Linguine With Shrimp Scampi

Veggie Oil

Salt

3/4 p. Linguine (I used half a box since it's just Mike and I)

3 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter

2 1/2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

1 1/2 Tbsp. Minced Garlic (4 cloves)

1 p. Shrimp, peeled and deveined, (about 16 shrimp)

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/3 C. chopped fresh Parsley, (I used Fresh Basil cause lets be honest Fresh basil is AMAZING!!!)

1/2 Lemon Zest

1/4 C. Fresh Lemon Juice (2 Lemons), -1 Lemon if using just half a package

1/1 Lemon, thinly sliced into half rounds

1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes (I didn't have any so I substituted 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper)

Drizzle oil in Lrg. pot salted boiling water. Add 1 Tbsp. salt and Linguine. Cook till al dente.

meanwhile, in heavy bottomed pan, melt butter and olive oil over med-low heat. Add garlic, saute for 1 min till fragrant. Add shrimp, 1 1/2 tsp. salt and pepper. Saute till opaque, about 5 minutes, turning often. Remove from heat, add parsley (BASIL!!!) zest, lemon juice, lemon slices and pepper flakes. Toss with drained pasta in pot and serve.

FROSTING MANIA

I made frosting from scratch for the first time tonight. I was so excited I didn't wait for it to cool before putting it on the cake so it was super runny, which is catastrophic when your so focused on scraping the bowl you don't notice it over flowing the pan! AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! But it was good which made all us Anderson's happy including Ruth who got frosting by the spoonful from Mike:)

P.S. She's turning 1 year old in 4 weeks!!!!!!!!

Projects

These were my project this week. A friend sent me to this site for some cute bow patterns that are super easy. Ruth hates headbands so these won't be worn till she has hair which is many, oh so many, moons away. Poor bald baby. Thats a lady bug on the red one.

I finally finished The Ruther's Easter Dress and she weared it today:)

Ruthie's Swimming Suit

This is her new Go To Face. It's hard now to get that cute smile or just about anything else besides this. We call it the Grimlin Face.