So, Kaia decided that she was going to create her own week of summer camp.  We sat down and made a list of some of the things she wanted to do… make a lava lamp, turn an egg into rubber, make ice cream, etc.  We have a long list.

Yesterday was the first day of Kaia camp.  Unfortunately, she started it with a trip to the dentist.  She does amazingly well.   Then she rode along with me while I took care of some errands.  The fun camp stuff would be started as soon as we got home… unfortunately, I fell asleep on the couch with Leif and didn’t wake up until 5pm!!  MAN!  I must have needed it.  So, to make up for it, Kaia and I put some raspberries in the blender (10 ounces) added 2 cups of cream and 2 cups of Coconut milk, 1/2 cup of sugar and 2 tsp vanilla, whipped it up and made some ice cream!  It’s more like a smoothy at first, but if you put it in the freezer it freezes up nicely.

Today was day 2 of Kaia Camp.  We woke up late and had a leisurely morning at home.  Then we hopped in the car and headed out to go pick black raspberries!!!!  Woohoooo!!  I found an organic farm selling them for $3 a pint!!  They are $6.50 in the store.  So, Kaia and I made ourselves purple with all the juice from picking over a gallon of berries.  Most went into the freezer for future use.  Mmmmmm!!

We also canned up our first batch of pickles.  I tried a simple dill recipe.  Don’t know how it tastes yet, but I’ll let you know.  I’m thinking that this year maybe I will enter some of my canning into the regional fair competition.  Why not?

We’ll see what day 3 of Kaia camp brings 🙂