Red Shrimp & Mango Curry

Thank you Nigella Lawson for your delicious recipe! This can be found in Nigella Express 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast. So easy and so healthy and so yummy, everything I am looking for in a recipe. This tastes very exotic and makes you feel like you are on a tropical island. I have never been on a tropical island, but I do like to pretend. I did have to block out Hosanna's whining and Naomi and Bethany's arguing, but the glass of sparkling white wine I had with it worked wonders on aiding my ability to relax and imagine...ahhh, the crumbs on the floor are really the sand between my toes, and those are seagulls I hear - not dissatisfied children, and that is the steady roar of the ocean - not the ever present hum of the washing machine...yeah, I'm gettin' there...

watching baby birds

i will try to add more pics as the little birds grow...they are in our camellia bush.

First Beach Trip of the Summer

Daddy went to the Outer Banks on an all guys fishing trip. So we went to our favorite - Kure Beach- with Aunt Rachel. We stayed in a great condo right on the ocean. We had beautiful weather! Before we left, we drove to Elijah's in Wilmington and ordered the steam bucket filled with crab legs, shrimp, clams, oysters, corn, red potatoes, and sausage. It was de-lish...On the way home we ate some awesome homemade donuts from the boardwalk at Carolina Beach. I can't wait to go back!

Wrong Turn

Sometimes taking the wrong turn can turn out better than taking the right turn. We originally had planned to go strawberry picking today...but since Mommy can't talk and drive at the same time we ended up on highway 55 instead of highway 42. We decided to turn around and ended up pulling into a delicious ice cream joint. After wringing my hands and trying many different samples I reminded myself this was not "Sophie's choice." I went with pistachio, Hosanna had peach, Naomi had watermelon sorbet, Aunt Rachel had chocolate mint, and Elianna and Bethany had cookie dough. Mmmmm. It was really yummy!