Cucumber Lime Popsicles!

It's summer, and here in Southern Colorado? It's HOT! Skyler and I were looking for some good ways to cool off, and we decided - what better than a Popsicle?

We started with juice-sicles, just pouring some Cherry Limeade (Minute Made) into popsicle molds and freezing them! But then we (I) got more adventurous! Today's experiement? Cucumber Lime!

Sure, I saw them on Pinterest. (courtesy of The Little Foodie) But when I first saw them, I thought "Umm... right..." Because really? Popsciles and Cucumbers? Not so much. Right? WRONG! They are delicious! And super simple to make!

 

All you need is a Cucumber, a Lime, a Tablespoon of Sugar and a Cup of Water! (For 4 popsicles) 

Run them in the Food Processor (and be sure to cover your ears while you do so!) 

 

Fill your favorite molds (dixie cups and old yogurt cups work well if you don't have popsicle molds! But these were $1/each - and so worth their cost!) 

Then freeze for 2 or 3 hours and enjoy! 

Ingredients

• 1 Peeled and Cubed Cucumber
• 2 TblSp sugar
• 2 TblSp Lime Juice
• 1 Cup Water

Splish Splash

It's been so horribly hot here in Southern Colorado that we decided it was time to hit the water! I dug out Skyler's old Baby Pool that we had stored in the rafters in the garage and was glad to see it was still in excellent condition!

After an hour of huffing and puffing to blow it back up, we immediately filled it with water and jumped in!! Skyler spent a good hour in her pool and running through the sprinklers!

 

Annual Family Photo

While Ryan was home last week, we headed to the Riverwalk to take our annual family picture! (Every year since Skyler was born, we go the week between her birthday and our anniversary and snap a family photo.)

While we were there, we decided to have a bit of fun with the fountains - and I just enjoyed the walk around the river with my camera!

Skyler had so much fun, and it was a great way to cool off since our weather has been super hot lately! (I think it was 107* F the day we went down there!!)

  *To view collage larger, just click it!

Spaghetti + Hotdogs = Happy Skyler

For nearly a year now, I've been obsessed with Pinterest! Some of the best recipes I've made have been found there, and I have a zillion crafts I'm dying to try! I've even used it to promote my Book Blog!

But there was one pin I was avoiding. It grossed me out - I'll be honest. Spaghetti Hotdogs.

Today, as I was debating what to make for dinner off of our weekly meal plan, I decided that I wanted to use tonight as my "Leftovers" night and reheat last nights spaghetti. But Skyler? She wasn't so excited for that. She wanted Mac N Cheese - which she would eat every night if I'd let her. I wasn't having that - so she decided hotdogs. But I didn't have any hotdog buns, so I was debating how to make them fun.

I reluctantly pulled up this pin, and decided we'd give it a shot. Besides, Skyler could do the bulk of the prep - BIG WIN!!

And this meal was a flying success!!



Puppet Shows!

We are so lucky that our town has such an awesome library program for children! This week they had a big Puppet Show at one of the libraries near by and so we went to watch! On the way home, Skyler couldn't stop talking about how she wanted her own theater, she wanted her own puppets, etc!

Of course, I told her to wait and see - she just had her birthday after all!

So we got home and I went to the kitchen to begin assembling our PB&J sandwiches, and she came dragging a HUGE box that we'd recieved from UPS a few days ago. She announced she was making it into a theater, so I agreed to help!

She set right to work coloring and telling me where to cut and what to cut! As always, I was impressed by her thought process as she worked out how to make this theater. She even asked me to show her a picture of a puppet show so that she could plan her project.

The final project is below - along with a quick video! Although it's only 24 seconds - she got distracted and then got angry that I was taking video and not being part of the show *lol*