Monday Fun Day!

We've fallen WAY behind on our summer to-do list.  Somehow during our move, we managed to misplace our cards and so I couldn't remember what mandatory, organized fun we were supposed to be having this summer, so we had to have spontaneous, random fun instead.  Then I remembered that organized me put a list up on the blog, so we've been playing catch up today!

We started the morning with mini-golf...

The kids loved it!  And it was our first time mini-golfing as a family where there were no fits, balls thrown at people, and we made it through the entire course!  Success!

This afternoon we made giant bubbles.  Here I am demonstrating how to do it.  It's not as easy as one would think.

After many failed attempts and a few successes, I handed it over to the kids with the warning that it was really tricky.  

Sure it was.  For me.  Micah was able to do it right away!

Jeremy had a few good ones too, which Liliana promptly popped.

We used 1 part baby wash (so it's tear-free) to 5 parts water with a squeeze of Karo syrup in it.  Then we let it sit for the morning so it could settle together before using it.  The wand was just two dowels with eye hooks attached to the end and yarn tied on.

After giant bubbles, we went inside to make homemade ice cream (the Ziploc bag way).

We used a recipe from Family Fun.

In the small bag goes:

• 1 c. half and half
• 2 T. sugar
• 1/2 t. vanilla
• Squeeze of chocolate syrup (optional)

In the large bag goes:

• The small bag
• Ice
• Salt (kosher or rock)

Then you shake...

And shake...

And shake.  This process would have gone a lot faster had I not just done 150 pushups and could barely move my arms.  Must have ice cream BEFORE exercising next time.  ;-)

It was way yummy!  I actually liked the vanilla better than the chocolate (blasphemy, I know!)

It was pretty soft, so we broke out the straws and drank it out of the bag like a milkshake.  Actually I should say "they" not "we" because besides a little sample, the kids were NOT about to share with us, despite all of our shaking effort on their behalf.

So that was our Monday.  Tomorrow, I'm thinking we won't leave our lawn chairs most of the day.  Mandatory family fun is hard work.  :-P