Shakin' Up Some Ice Cream

Today we headed to the pool to make homemade ice cream for Story's two year old science play date. We had a really low turn out today Story and J were the only two year olds here. First, we did an experiment where we put scoops of ice cream on the sidewalk, in a metal pan, a plastic bowl and a glass pan. We asked the girls which scoop would melt first when the pans were placed in the sun. Our four year olds guessed right with the sidewalk. After watching the melting ice cream for a while, we made our own ice cream in plastic bags. I got the recipe at All Recipes. It required lots of shaking! The girls didn't last too long with the shaking so J and I did most of it. It was actually pretty good.

Story and J helped mix the ice cream mixture before we put it into the baggies. I didn't take any pictures of the swimming but we had a great time swimming with J, J and J! Thanks for coming over and hanging out with us today girls! Mama J I hope your arm wasn't too sore from throwing the rockets for the girls.

** I had to include this picture to tell you guys about our snake rescue! When we all arrived at the pool today there was a mama and her kiddos already there and they said there was a snake in the pool. We all went over and looked at it and then tried to get it out. We tried with a hook thing used to pull people out, but it didn't work. We then decided to use a pool noodle and were able to rescue the little guy. He looks really long in this picture, but I think he was just a baby. Pretty cool start to our science play date.