want a great cheap way to keep your kiddies cool on these hot summer days? Here are some quick easy recipes & ideas to help you out.
simple homemade Fudgesicles
1pkg instant chocolate pudding
1cup whipped cream (cool whip or real whip cream)
2cups water
Prepare pudding with 2cups water, place in freezer in metal or plastic bowl. allow to sit 1 hr till ice crystals form. beat whipping cream till stiff (if using real cream) beat the pudding till smooth, then fold in whip cream. place in molds and freeze. enjoy.
watermelon pops
these are great because you can really use any melon or fruit combination
1/2 a melon blended
1/2 cup fruit juice
you can also add chocolate bits like seeds
we also made melon smoothie pops
1/2 a honeydew melon
1 pear
1/2 banana
blueberries
blitz the first 3 together with a hand blender pour into molds drop blueberries in and freeze...
you can also do chocolate covered bananas
slice bananas in thick chunks, dip in melted chocolate roll in coconut place on stick on wax paper and freeze. mmmmmmm....
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Heat wave - A day at the mall
Well, Well what to do with 2 little boys in a house with no A/C for yet another scorching day?
I'll tell you...... Go to the mall, So we get organized to go. Faces washed, teeth brushed, clothes must have clothes much to the dismay of my 3yr old Logan who hasn't been dressed in so many days. He decides we will wear a wool sweater and shorts ( I must move the winter clothes up another shelve) trying to explain to him why he can't wear a sweater is like trying to do my own brain surgery!!! we finally settle on his shirt from Mexico, shorts and flip flops. Mason my 1yr is much easier as there is no fight. We get in the car and off we go A/C cranked and still sweating bullets!! Which country do we live in? I believe there is no possible way to remain a calm rational person in 40 deg weather!!! We get to the mall, friends Located, we are joined by Logan's best friend Zack and his brother Jonas. Let me tell you "window shopping" is simply not in the vocabulary of your average 3 & 4 yr olds. Logan and Zack wanted everything they saw, every toy at the "science and nature co." Every hat at the expensive baseball hat store -hmmm $30 for a kids hat, to rich for my blood- They played with all the jewelry at the accessories store, We finally conceded to buy them "hot wheels" and "transformers" @ "Toys'r'us". I think a $1.5o is money well spent when it keeps the boys happy and not whining!!! We finished off our trip with a quick bite in the food court and then it was who could push whose brother faster in their strollers, a game which could prove painful for unsuspecting spectators!!! Last minute browsing a few small purchases and we are out in the heat again. 2 tired babies and 2 boys who "aren't" tired head home for naps with the promise of pools and Popsicles swimming in their heads. Adventure at the mall.... every days an adventure with two many peas in the pod!!
I'll tell you...... Go to the mall, So we get organized to go. Faces washed, teeth brushed, clothes must have clothes much to the dismay of my 3yr old Logan who hasn't been dressed in so many days. He decides we will wear a wool sweater and shorts ( I must move the winter clothes up another shelve) trying to explain to him why he can't wear a sweater is like trying to do my own brain surgery!!! we finally settle on his shirt from Mexico, shorts and flip flops. Mason my 1yr is much easier as there is no fight. We get in the car and off we go A/C cranked and still sweating bullets!! Which country do we live in? I believe there is no possible way to remain a calm rational person in 40 deg weather!!! We get to the mall, friends Located, we are joined by Logan's best friend Zack and his brother Jonas. Let me tell you "window shopping" is simply not in the vocabulary of your average 3 & 4 yr olds. Logan and Zack wanted everything they saw, every toy at the "science and nature co." Every hat at the expensive baseball hat store -hmmm $30 for a kids hat, to rich for my blood- They played with all the jewelry at the accessories store, We finally conceded to buy them "hot wheels" and "transformers" @ "Toys'r'us". I think a $1.5o is money well spent when it keeps the boys happy and not whining!!! We finished off our trip with a quick bite in the food court and then it was who could push whose brother faster in their strollers, a game which could prove painful for unsuspecting spectators!!! Last minute browsing a few small purchases and we are out in the heat again. 2 tired babies and 2 boys who "aren't" tired head home for naps with the promise of pools and Popsicles swimming in their heads. Adventure at the mall.... every days an adventure with two many peas in the pod!!
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