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For nearly forty years, the pinnacle of ice cream experiences has been the Jersey Mud.
A tulip sundae glass. Chocolate ice cream. Marshmallow sauce. Vanilla ice cream. Chocolate sauce. Malted milk powder. Whipped cream. A cherry.
When served, the first step is to stir the malt powder into the rest of the ingredients. Otherwise the spoon is […]

This past week I’ve read numerous posts describing bloggers’ feelings on fall.  Personally, I love it.  I love the cool crisp air.  I love wearing jeans and a fleece.  I love being able to run outside and not worry about the dreaded Runner’s Gut.  However, there are a couple of drawbacks.  The first is that […]

Have you heard the news? Summer is coming to an end. I know, I know. It’s shocking. But, let’s just be grateful for the time we’ve had, okay? This summer was a good one, warm and sunny and full of good times. And rainbows. I definitely remember rainbows.
Do you know what this means? School has […]

I realized this morning that there’s only a month left of summer vacation.  Seems like June is busy with projects that are being finished up, July always sneaks past me no matter how carefully I look, and I land at the beginning of August with the knowledge that I haven’t done as much fun stuff […]

Because my triathlon buddy and I are slightly insane, we thought it would be a great idea to see if we can squeeze in a triathlon in August. I have to admit that when I first started training for triathlons, I couldn’t understand why the triathletes in my spinning class would ask me […]

It’s *gulp* the end of July and we are finally getting into the swing of summer. One of the activities that we let slide for the first bit of summer was reading. It wasn’t intentional, but bedtimes were pushed back, company was plenty, and routines were discarded in favor of freedom. […]

Applying sunscreen
Bicycling
Chasing fireflies
Dealing cards
Eating blueberries
Fortifying sand castles
Gathering seashells
Hosting friends
Inventing games
Jumping rope
Killing time
Licking popsicles
Making lemonade
Nursing cuts and scrapes
Ordering ice cream
Playing croquet
Quibbling with siblings
Racing through the sprinkler
Splashing in the pool
Traveling to the beach
Uncovering sand crabs
Viewing the night sky
Wading in lakes
X-tra late bedtimes
Yawning
Zzzzz’s

by Slouching Mom

Photo graciously provided by the author, through […]

Last week I talked about heading to the beach for a few days with my big family. We did it and it was a success. We all have intense sun hangovers and tired muscles to show for it. At any given moment there were multiple games happening on different areas of the […]

About six months ago my husband and I decided it was time to add a pool to our backyard. We live in Arizona so outside activities are limited during the summer when it’s 115 degrees in the shade! Our twins are just shy of four years old so they are not quite ready for museums […]

I’ve written boatloads about various fruity ideas for the past 3 weeks, today I want to finish the series by discussing some ways to preserve summer vegetables.
Common ways to preserve veggies are canning and freezing. Drying is also a good method; however I have no experience with drying foods so I will leave that […]