Ever so Clever:: Trash Bag Fashion

So while Daddy went and visited Russia and got to see the Great Wall of China the girlies and I decided to make ice cream.

Brilliant idea!

I'd just bought some super yummy, ready-to-eat cantaloupe from a roadside produce stand. We had more cantaloupe than we could eat so we tried making ice cream with it using this recipe.

Great idea....

Right?

Ummmm....that would be a big NO!

Daddy is the one that knows how to put together the ice cream maker. Even with my best efforts I couldn't put it together correctly (there was a metal tab that got in the way and I just could NOT get the top bar to slide into place). I thought it was functional as I was able to turn the crank (we've got the hand-crank ice cream maker....you get a work-out before you eat your fill of ice cream!). I cranked that puppy for about 45 minutes. The girlies took turns turning the crank too. I thought it felt like it was getting stiffer. And I was getting pretty darn grumpy about still having to crank it.

I just couldn't take it anymore!

I opened it up...and what did we have?

*Cantaloupe ice milk*

sigh....

(tasted okay but not worthy of a repeat).

But the girls had fun with a small, white trash bag. Annika decided to make a costume out of it. She wanted it to resemble an outfit she'd seen on one of the old Dr. Who episodes (the ones with Tom Baker as Dr. Who).