Well we've only been out of school for a week. We've already had fun at Candytopia, Canoe, and Great Wolf Lodge. This past week was definitely a slower pace, but that's wonderful this time of year. A few miscellaneous things that have started our summer off well...
Lily cracked us up with this joke one day.
Lily received a Duff Goldman "mermaid cupcake" baking kit in her summer basket. They were so pretty with their tie-dye twirls of teal, light purple, and dark purple, topped with vanilla frosting and dusted with gold sprinkles. Seriously, I think these are the best cupcakes she's ever made. Delicious and beautiful...win win.
Lily has recently rediscovered her love of actually playing with Legos and not just building. She has been creating a huge scene in the playroom. This just shows the amusement park she has set up, but she's since added Mia's racing sets to it and is continuing to work and play with it. Love it!
She has plenty to choose from...
Mia made this cool dragon with wings and stand out of her new summer basket Perler bead set. Oh, and she loves her wolf ears that they give each kid upon check-in at Great Wolf Lodge. Such a cutie.
For Mother's Day, the girls gave me a subscription to Piquant Post. It's a subscription box that sends you spices and recipes from around the world. I love this! It will help us step out of our comfort eating zone a little to try something new but without having to spend a ton of money on unusual spices that I may never use again. My first box came recently, and this particular one focuses on Mexico. There were four spice blends along with recipes included. It was a tough choice but I picked the "Adobo" mix first. The recipe called to use it with scallops tostadas, but we decided to go with skirt steak instead. You use the rub on the steak and also to make a sour cream sauce. You top the tostada with the steak, sour cream sauce, cheese, cilantro and tomatoes. Lastly, squeeze a little fresh lime juice on top. I'm not kidding, this is one of my new favorite meals. We all four loved it so much, we actually went back to the grocery store the next day and made the exact same meal again tonight. I don't think we have ever done that before. It was absolutely delicious. Now I'm so excited to use the other three spice mixes and new recipes along with getting a new box next month!
Welcome summer; we're glad you're here!
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