Popsicles

As a fun project today (while Sophia was napping), Samantha and I made homemade popsicles! We had so much fun doing this, and I anticipate that we will be doing this more often -- especially because the popsicles were made with real fruit and real fruit juices (no food coloring or extra sugar).

First, Sam started by using stencils to cut out shapes from fruit (we used bananas, kiwis and strawberries, but apples and pears would be even more ideal):

Then we used a special tool to add the fruit to the popsicle maker before adding the juice:

Then we waited about 10 minutes (that is all!) for the popsicles to freeze:

While we were waiting for the popsicles to freeze, Sam helped me water the plants outside ... and got ALL wet. So after a quick wardrobe change, we were able to look at some of our finished products:

We only made three popsicles this morning, but we will likely make a few more after Samantha gets up from her nap this afternoon. I have LOTS of cute ideas and we can get as creative as we want with this. I love watching how excited Sam gets over these projects; she really is quite creative and she can't wait to show someone her work. Daddy is going to be SO surprised when he gets home today ...