Ice Cream Shake!
One of the cool things about being a parent is you get to play! And play we do, all the time! Today, Azul brought an Ice Cream Recipe home from his Pre-school, so, we made ice cream. No major equipment necessary, it was super easy and took us about ten minutes to do. The complete recipe is below. Have fun!
Step #1 – Gather all the ingredients. Okay, easy enough.
Step #2 – Stir together the milk, sugar and vanilla. Azul loves the responsibility of stirring and one less job for me.
Step #3 – Pour the stirred ingredients into a bag and then put that bag in another bag, seal tightly. Wow, doesn’t seem like much.
Step # 4 – Place the bags in a larger bag with the ice and salt. I really hope we’re not just going to make a mess.
Step #5 – Wrap in a towel and shake! We shook to Harry Belafonte’s Shake Senora.
Step #6 – Stop shaking and remove ice cream from the bag. What!? It sure looks like ice cream.
Step #7 – Eat! This is awesome; it’s really tasty ice cream.
Similar to many of our projects and experiments, I was skeptical. We’ve had some disasters, but this one works and it was delicious! As soon as his ice cream was gone Azul exclaimed, “We should do this every night!” Well, I hope not, but it was worth doing.
Ice Cream Recipe
½ cup milk
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon sugar
4 cups ice
4 tablespoons salt
2 quart size Ziploc bags
1 gallon size Ziploc freezer bag
1 towel
Mix ingredients (milk, vanilla and sugar) in a small bag. Remove all the excess air and seal the bag tightly. Place the first bag in a second small bag removing all air and sealing tightly.
Place these bags into the large bag. Surround with ice and add salt. Remove air and seal well. Wrap in a towel and shake lightly and massage until solid, about 5 minutes.
Gummy Bear Hug!
It is common knowledge in my household — Azul has a huge sweet tooth! And as long as he asks and it is within reason, not right before dinner, he is allowed to eat candy. This is an everyday occurrence, so to my surprise, this afternoon when Azul asked, “Can I have some Gummy Bears?” I was not ready for the reaction coming. I shrugged my shoulders and answered, “Sure.” He jumped up and down, dancing and yelling, “Woo Hoo Gummy Bears, out of control! Woo Hoo Gummy Bears, out of control! A fresh bag of Gummy Bears!” Following his victory dance, he ran to me with his arms in the air, saying, “You deserve a kiss and a hug.” Now, according to him, I’m the best Mommy he has ever had! With his little arms tightly wrapped around me, I thought, even though it is based on glucose sugar, citric acid, and random flavorings, I’ll take it!
Out of Gas…
I know this is the time of the year to reevaluate your life, nit pick your misgivings and come up with a resolution that will change your life for the better. Whatever! I have never been a big fan of New Year Resolutions; I usually try to just keep my expectations fairly low, it seems to work for me, but my five year-old was able to glaringly point out where I need to improve.
My car stinks! And that was exactly what I said to Azul this afternoon. To be fair, I have always had a dirty car, even before Azul, but no doubt the trash has grown exponentially since his birth.
I am a true Virgo and have a deep-seated need to straighten things out — things don’t need to be super clean, just in order. My car is the exception, the one place I can let loose. So, I told my five year-old, “My car stinks!” And he replied, “Maybe it cuz I tooted in there!” In a state of amazement I then said, “You tooted in my car?” Without a second thought he said, “Yes.” I am not sure why I continued the conversation at this point, and come to think of it, I’m not sure why I do half the things I do now as a parent, but I said, “I didn’t hear it.” Immediately his response was, “Toots are quiet.” I put my head in my hands, shaking left to right, thinking, Oh my, no more dirty car this year!
Carmelina Hart 