Summertime Fun!

 

Some of our best childhood memories come from summer fun activities. It seems that our childhood summers were spent swimming, playing baseball, and just hanging out with our friends. Here is a summertime recipe and fun outdoor game you can do with your children. Have fun and Enjoy!

Use Your Noodle!

Get set: Cut a few swimming noodles in two, so that you have one half for each player. Scatter 20 or so blown-up balloons on the ground around a laundry basket.

Cooperate: Give players five minutes to move as many balloons as possible into the laundry basket without touching the balloons with any body part. The catch? The only tool they can use is their pool noodle. At first, players may try batting the balloons into the basket, but they'll soon realize that they must pair up and use two pool noodles like giant chopsticks to lift the balloons into place.

Cool down with these yummy and easy Watermelon Pops!

What You Need
1cup sugar, divided
1pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Lime Flavor Gelatin
2cups boiling water, divided
Ice cubes
1cup cold water, divided
1pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
3Tbsp. miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2pkg. (4 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1-1/2cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Step 1: MIX 1/3 cup sugar and lime gelatin mix in medium bowl. Add 1 cup boiling water; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add enough ice to 1/2 cup cold water to measure 3/4 cup. Add to lime gelatin; stir until ice is completely melted. Refrigerate 25 min.

Step 2:MEANWHILE, repeat Step 1 using strawberry gelatin mix and omitting the refrigeration step. Pour into 16 (3-oz.) paper cups. Freeze 20 min. Stir 1/2 tsp. chocolate chips into gelatin in each cup.

Step 3: BEAT cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer in medium bowl until well blended. Stir in COOL WHIP; spread over gelatin in cups.

Step 4: POUR lime gelatin over cream cheese mixture. Insert wooden pop stick into gelatin in center of each cup. Freeze 3 hours or until firm. Remove pops from cups just before serving.

Some of our best childhood memories come from summer fun activities. It seems that our childhood summers were spent swimming, playing baseball, and just hanging out with our friends. Here is a summertime recipe and fun outdoor game you can do with your children. Have fun and Enjoy!

Summer Party Inspiration

Start the summer off right by throwing a party.

Celebrate warm weather with the essentials... friends, food and fun!

But first, head over to Paper so Pretty for the perfect summer invite!

1. Lifesaver Napkins

2. Crabby Crabwich

3. Starfish S'mores

4. Strawberry Drinks

5. Giant Beach Ball Sugar Cookie

Paper so Pretty Beach Ball Bash Wiggler

Flip Flop Wreath for Summer!

Everyone loves summer!

Filled with trips to the beach, sunny skies, and lazy days, summer is the time of year when the weather gets its warmest and flip flops become a necessity

(especially if you're from the South, like us).

Here is a tutorial for making this fun flip flop wreath.

All you need is a simple wreath, hot glue gun, artificial flowers, ribbon, and flip flops.

• Arrange your flip flops however you like, and start hot glueing them to the wreath.
• Then hot glue the flowers, either in between or on the flip flops.
• Afterwards, simply choose your color of ribbon and wind it in between the flip flops. You can fill in any gaps with your ribbon.
• If you have a Welcome cutout, like the one in the photo, simply hot glue it onto your wreath.
• Hang on your door, grab a cool lemonade, and enjoy your summer!

Father's Day

When we are little kids, our Dad is everything! He's the tallest, the strongest and he can fix ANYTHING! We want to grow up to be just like him, or marry him. Don't forget to let your Dad know that he is still all those things and more! Happy Fathers Day!

Flag Day

Celebrate Flag Day today by proudly displaying your flag.

Here the basics on displaying the American flag.

• The flag is normally flown from sunrise to sunset.
• In the morning, raise the flag briskly. At sunset, lower it slowly. Always, raise and lower it ceremoniously.
• The flag should not be flown at night without a light on it.
• The flag should not be flown in the rain or inclement weather.
• When flown vertically on a pole, the stars and blue field is at the top and at the end of the pole (away from your house).
• The American flag is always flown at the top of the pole. Your state flag and other flags fly below it.
• Never let your flag touch the ground.
• Fold your flag when storing.
• When your flag is old and has seen  better days, it is time to retire it. Old flags should be burned or buried.

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