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Recipe: all-fruit popsicles

by Elisa on July 24, 2012

in food,Recipes,summer

How to cool down and indulge the kids’ craving for something sweet and juicy without finding yourself cringing at the artificial coloring and the amount of sugar? Simple: take full advantage of summer’s bounty of delicious juicy fruit and make all-fruit popsicles! It will take you all of 10 minutes for a double-batch – unless you decide to drag it out because the kids are having so much fun making their own popsicles!

Let me illustrate:

 

Inspired by this pin, included in this post.

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Aaaah, summer, where art thou?

I don’t know about you, but summer has been a big tease around here: a few days of hot weather, and then… no more. But still a hint of sun now and then, to give you the hope that you might actually get to go to the pool, or have a picnic, or do some of the other summery things that would make it easier to keep the girls entertained during the school break. Nope.

So I turned to Pinterest to find little things to do together each day that might work for both Sarah and Stella – no small feat, since their tastes vary greatly because of the age difference. But the almighty Pinterest never fails me; and thank goodness, because I can sure use some variety – there’s only so much Just Dance  and Design Studio I can play.

Here are a few things we added to our summer to-do list:

Cute manicures, ’cause that’s part of the fun in having girls… and being one :-)

 

Some baking, ’cause we have a sweet tooth (and the girls love presenting dad with freshly baked goods):

 

Popsicles and frozen goodies, ’cause DUH, it’s summer!

 

And some simple DIY, fun enough for the girls but easy enough for their craft-impaired mom (’cause as much as I’d love to make stuff like this, just looking at it makes my head hurt):

 

Now all I need is shop for the supplies, and I have some rainy day fun on hand!

If you have kids, how are you keeping them occupied/entertained this summer?

Also, anyone have an in with the weather gods? We could use some actual summer weather in these parts!

 

 

 

Les pins:
Manicures pinned herehere and here.
Baked deliciousness pinned here, here and here.
Frozen deliciousness pinned here, here, here and here.
Craft-impaired-friendly DIY pinned here, here, here and here

 

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Budget-friendly summer fashion: 10 flat sandals for $50 and under

June 24, 2012 shoes!!!

From the right, top to bottom: H&M, $17.95 • ASOS, $41.43 • ASOS, $29.83 • Pierre Dumas, $25 • DV by Dolce Vita, $44.99 (orig. $69) • N.Y.L.A., $39.95 • ASOS, $29.83 • ASOS, $46.40 • Lauren by Ralph Lauren, $39.99 • Miss Selfridge, $44  I’m going to confess something. I ordered this cute pair of flat sandals to replace my Pacha at the end of last summer, [...]

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Mood board: a taste of summer

May 25, 2012 Mood Boards

It seems that warm weather has finally arrived in Switzerland, and I couldn’t be happier. I am almost afraid to say anything for fear of jinxing it, ’cause I just cannot bear more rainy, cloudy, grey, gloomy days. Six more weeks until summer vacation, and I can’t wait. All I can think about is breezy [...]

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