Lex

Mostly thanks to Cavell, we have some pictures of Lex this month. I thought I would share them with everyone.

Chillin' over breakfast.  Kix and raisins.

Hangin' at Carl Shurz while Alayna gets her certificate for completing 1st grade.

A little walk before bed.

Ice Cream!

For Christmas this past year, Paul bought me this Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker!  Even better, he got it on sale for half the price, including the shipping.

Since December we have been making ice cream almost every week.  Our first try was vanilla, custard-style ice cream with bits of our gluten free brownies for the mix-in using the recipe book included with the machine.  Since then we have branched out and made our own recipes.  We have had many successes, some repeats, a few that need fine tuning and one failure.  What we haven't done is written them down.  That needs to change.  So, I will start with our most recent success.

Orange Coconut Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 2 - 14 oz cans of Coconut Milk (we use Thai Kitchen)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• orange zest from two cutie oranges

• 10 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 6 oz orange juice concentrate

Directions

• While stirring, heat first 4 ingredients in a double boiler to 175°
• Whisk together egg yolks and second 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• Gradually temper egg yolk mixture with 1 1/2 cups of milk mixture
• Incorporate the tempered egg mixture into the remaining milk in the double boiler
• Stir and heat for 3 minutes

• Place vanilla in a separate bowl and pour in the milk/egg mixture.  Stir, and place into the fridge overnight.

• Freeze ice cream mixture and orange juice concentrate in the maker.  Transfer to a container and freeze overnight.

The kids liked theirs served in some cutie peels we had saved in the freezer.  Paul even found some Orange Creme Magic Shell for our citrus treat.

Go Fish!

Alayna participated in her school's first grade play Tuesday night.

Go Fish!
by John Jacobson and John Higgins

A Musical Play for Young Singers. A Tuna Fish that can't carry a tune? A Star Fish that can't get an acting job? A seven-legged Octopus? A Zebra Fish with spots? A Tiger Shark who wants to be friends with everyone? Join in the aquatic fun as little Tiger Shark and his unique collection of friends discover how their differences make them each special.

Alayna worked hard remembering lines and creating different characters for the auditions in March.  She was given the part of . . .

Angel Fish.

Once she received her script she diligently went to work memorizing her lines and even deciding how she would deliver them.  She went to early morning rehearsals for two weeks.  She volunteered her mama to help with the set.  After 10 weeks of practice Alayna made her debut on the stage.

She was excited to have wings.  We also used a large amount of glitter and a little makeup.  I know we are the proud parents, but I think she did really well.  All of her lines were memorized, delivered well and, more importantly, audibly.

 Commotion in the Ocean

 "Maybe a little"

 The Colors of the Sea

She was extra excited to have her best friend and favourite babysitter, Lindsay there.  Thank you for coming Lindsay.

Go Fish

Alayna participated in her school's first grade play last night.

Go Fish!

From Hal Leonard

A Musical For Young Singers

by John Jacobson and John Higgins



She worked very hard learning the different lines and creating the different characters for the audition back in March.

Alayna got the part of the Angel Fish.  She began memorizing her lines as soon as she got the script.  She went to early morning rehearsals for two weeks.  She volunteered her mama to help with the set.  After 10 weeks of practice Alayna made her debut on the stage.



She was excited to have wings.  We also used a large amount of glitter and a little makeup.  I know we are the proud parents, but I think she did really well.  All of her lines were memorized, and more importantly, we could hear her.

 Commotion in the Ocean

 "Maybe a little"

 The Colors of the Sea

She was extra excited to have her best friend and favourite babysitter, Lindsay there.  Thank you for coming Lindsay.

Lex is Rockin'

Lex loves to sit on the kids' rocking chair.  Cavell brought the chair into Lex's room while he was eating lunch. Lex could barely take the time to finish eating before he dove off of my lap to speed-crawl over to the chair and climb up.  It's even cuter when he tries to rock himself by wiggling back and forth and then claps.