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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Brazilian Lemonade
My friend Sharee got me started doing Bountiful Baskets last week and I love it! You get fresh produce once a week for a great price. Last week one of the fruits in the basket was key limes. I didn't know what to do with them and Sharee suggested Brazilian Lemonade. We made it tonight and tried it out with Tyson's family, and I'd say it was a success! It's a refreshing, slightly tart drink. We didn't have enough key limes to serve the whole family, so we bought some regular (Persian) limes at the store to supplement. Nothing was exact in our recipe, we just added until we thought it tasted good.Here's it is:
6 limes, quartered with ends cut off (we used 4 regular and 5 key limes)
3/4 - 1 cup sugar
6 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk
6-7 cups water
Blend the limes, sugar, milk and water until limes are chopped up. Pour through a wire/mesh strainer into a pitcher. Then pour 1-2 cups water over the strainer while it's still on the pitcher to get the rest of the juice and sugar. Remove the strainer and add about 1-2 cups chopped ice.
Serves 12
This didn't fit in the blender all at once, so we did half at a time.
I think the slushier the better, so next time I think I'd use less water and more ice.Yum!
6 limes, quartered with ends cut off (we used 4 regular and 5 key limes)
3/4 - 1 cup sugar
6 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk
6-7 cups water
Blend the limes, sugar, milk and water until limes are chopped up. Pour through a wire/mesh strainer into a pitcher. Then pour 1-2 cups water over the strainer while it's still on the pitcher to get the rest of the juice and sugar. Remove the strainer and add about 1-2 cups chopped ice.
Serves 12
This didn't fit in the blender all at once, so we did half at a time.
I think the slushier the better, so next time I think I'd use less water and more ice.Yum!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Grant's Post
I'm having quite the time figuring out how to mother two children. I might be going crazy!! Grant LOVES his sister just a bit much. And he asks THOUSANDS of questions all the time. Last night for family scriptures, Tyson read Moroni 7:45 about charity- I'm pretty sure he was hinting to me. :) I'm really trying to have patience!! I'm trying to give him attention and be a good mom, but it's hard to balance. But I sure love both of my kids. Anyway, here's a post just for Grant.
Playing with Kadri's bath:
Playing chess game:
Under the table fort:
Being silly:
Playing with Mom's rings:
We took Grant to the dentist (Grandpa :)) in January and found out Grant had 5 (!!) cavities. We brush his teeth every day and he rarely drinks juice and candy intake is limited, so we were really surprised. Especially since Tyson has never had a cavity and I've only had 1! We think maybe it has to do with being premature? In any case, he had to get them filled. He had his first of several visits last week and he did great! I was amazed how calm he stayed- could have been the prayer we said first or maybe the laughing gas. :) When we got home of course I kept asking him to smile for the camera because his little crooked smile was so cute!
Riding his bike in the garage on a rainy day:
Life is good and I'm grateful to have 2 wonderful kids!!
Playing with Kadri's bath:
Under the table fort:
Being silly:
Playing with Mom's rings:
We took Grant to the dentist (Grandpa :)) in January and found out Grant had 5 (!!) cavities. We brush his teeth every day and he rarely drinks juice and candy intake is limited, so we were really surprised. Especially since Tyson has never had a cavity and I've only had 1! We think maybe it has to do with being premature? In any case, he had to get them filled. He had his first of several visits last week and he did great! I was amazed how calm he stayed- could have been the prayer we said first or maybe the laughing gas. :) When we got home of course I kept asking him to smile for the camera because his little crooked smile was so cute!
Riding his bike in the garage on a rainy day:
Life is good and I'm grateful to have 2 wonderful kids!!
Newborn pics
My friend Kelly asked if she could take Kadri's pictures. We said SURE! I think she did a great job! Thanks Kelly! Kadri at 8 days old:
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
On the Apricot Tree
Grant conducts our Family Home Evening music and loves it, especially now that he has his baton. We figured out that the words to Popcorn say Kadri's name: "I looked out the window and what did I see... Popcorn popping on the apriKADRI." Grant thinks it's great! And this video is funny. Too bad the real blossoms on apricot trees at my grandparent's froze last night! I want nice weather!!!!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Baby
She is a good baby, so mellow and so tolerant of her big brother "loving" her. I try not to nag Grant too much about it, because he really does think that he's hugging/snuggling her, while it seems more like smothering/squashing to me. So far he has adjusted pretty well; the hardest time of day is when he wakes up from his nap. He's not used to sharing my lap. Is it possible that I love him more now that I share my love with his sister, too? Crazy how that works. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to love them both! Somehow it works out though.
Newborns bring a really sweet spirit and there are times when I feel like Kadri is staring right at me- her eyes seem to focus on mine and she looks so wise. What do babies think about?
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