Birthday Party!

Caden and two of his cousins Noah and Cannon all have birthdays within a week of each other, so we like to have a joint birthday party with swimming and pizza!  We were sad that Noah couldn't be there is year because they moved to Sweden.

Bowling

We did a little family bowling the other night.  Caden may or may not have beat my score on the last game. :)  Matt on the other is pretty good.

Bread and Butter

 I've been wanting to try and make some homemade butter, so we gave it a try.

All you have to do is add whipping cream to your mixer and mix on high until it looks like this.  Then you squeeze out all of the liquid and run it under cold water.

It ends up looking like this and it tasted exactly like butter from the store.  I really couldn't tell a difference.  It did cost more to make it then I pay for butter at the grocery store, so I probably won't be buying whipping cream just to make butter.

I wasn't planning on making bread, but once I had fresh butter I decided that I needed some homemade bread to go with it. :)

Playing with Ice

I froze little toys and odds and ends from the junk drawer in water.  The preparation took a little time because I had to freeze them in layers, so the toys would be evenly distributed.  Then I filled up a spray bottle and bowl with warm water, and Caden melted the ice to try and get out all of the toys.  This actually kept him entertained for about an hour!

Fun!

We like to do lots of stuff using baking soda and vinegar because Caden loves anything that explodes!  I put drops of food coloring in a pan and covered it with baking soda.  Then Caden squirted vinegar in it using a syringe to reveal all of the colors.  I love the third picture showing how excited he was!

Summer Movie

We bought passes for the Harkins Summer Movie again this year.  We get to watch a kids movie every week for 10 weeks.  The movies are mostly kids movies that have been released in the past year.  Caden loves to go to the movies!  We bought an extra pass because we like to bring someone with us every week, and this week we brought Grandma Nancy.

Glowing Milk

We also made this glowing milk experiment using a blacklight.

First you add a little bit of milk to a pie tin.  Then you take glow paint and mix it with water until it is a water like consistency.

Using a syringe Caden squirted the different colors of paint into the milk.

Then you dip a Q tip in dish soap and hold it in the middle of the pan.  All of the paint pulls away from the middle and goes to the sides of the pie tin.  

Making Crystals

Caden and I used a really simple recipe to make crystals.  First you measure out 1/2 cup of epsom salts into a glass container.  Then heat up 1/2 cup of water in the microwave for 45 seconds.  Add the food coloring of your choice to the water and then mix with the epsom salts for 2 minutes.  After the two minutes you put it in the freezer for 10 minutes, and then into the fridge overnight.

They came out of the fridge looking like this, and then you just have to drain the excess liquid out.

Here is the finished product.

Preschool Party!

Some of the moms from Caden's preschool class set up and end of year party for all of the kids to get together.  We went to the park and splash pad at Layton Lakes. Everyone brought some food or drinks to share.  One of the mom's passed out these cute graduation certificates to all of the kids since they didn't get anything from the school.  We both made some really good friends from his class and their moms.  I am sorry to see the school year end!

Homemade Salsa

I made salsa using some tomatoes and jalapenos from out garden.  It was pretty good, but I think that it could've used a little less onion.   Here is the recipe I used:

8 tomatoes
2 onions (I think I'll use one next time)
Bunch of cilantro
2 to 4 Jalapenos
garlic
1/2 tsp salt
Juice from 2 limes

I don't like my salsa chunky, so I just cut everything up and stuck in my blender.