Summer Food

The best thing I ever did was teach the kids how to decorate their own cakes. I do have to approach my desserts with half-closed eyes now. That is a serious riot of color.

Another brilliant idea I had was to teach the kids how to make salsa. We only had one minor mishap involving a knife and a finger. Now they cut bell peppers with butter knives (by choice).

We managed to grow some potatoes this year even though our gardening strategy left something to be desired. Maybe we planted them and then totally ignored them. No watering, no weeding and no singing to the plants. I don't know how they survived without the last one.

We were really successful at growing zucchini. This "little" friend was waiting for us when we got back from a vacation to Utah. We tried to disguise it as a doll and give it to Amber. She wasn't fooled.

The grapes did really well and made for a fun harvest and I got to use my juicer.