So.....here are a few fun things we've done:
Rock Climbing at Texas Rock Gym with Linda. This place is awesome and will be even more so with the arrival of 100 degree days this summer.
Feeding the giraffes at the zoo. This never gets old.
Pink lemonade stand! And let me tell you, this was some seriously goooooood lemonade. The kids juiced about about two pounds of lemons. We made a simple syrup. Then to make it pink (because Elizabeth said it HAD to be pink), we pureed half a pint of strawberries, then, to get out all the pulp and seeds, ran the puree through a very fine mesh strainer called a chinoise (one of my favorite kitchen tool splurges -- you can see it in the sink in the background of the first picture), then poured enough strawberry puree into the lemonade to make it pink. Seriously, this was so incredibly good that the girls' price, "25 cents or free," was a serious bargain.
And thanks to our neighbors and Uncle David and Joan, they got a lot of customers!
2 comments:
So...you're pureeing and straining strawberries, making a simple syrup and juicing lemons by hand but putting some ready-to-go dough in the oven is where you draw the line?
Ha! It's not the effort involved -- Have you ever seen kids selling baked goods from their front yards? I never have. I'm not interested in being a trailblazer in the kiddie entrepreneurial department.
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