This and That

The past 10 days or so have been busy ones.
Some of it was NOT fun. Like taking care of the old house. And fixing the broken down van. But some of it was a lot of fun.
We had Jaxon's birthday party. We went all out totally, shamefully, commercial in the Toy Story 3 theme.
From the cake to the paper products to the toys.

If Jaxon had had any problem opening his presents, his nieces were RIGHT THERE to lend a hand. LOL

And they were as excited as he was when it was time to blow out the candles.

The water toys were a big hit!

And welcome relief from the heat.

I made the most delicious punch for the party!

It IS the taste of summer.

And only 5 calories for a 3/4 cup serving.

I found the recipe in the Taste Of Home Cooking Light magazine.

Cucumber Punch

(I know! It sounds a little weird but it is so light and refreshing for summer.)

12 oz can of frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

3 cups water.

2 cucumbers, scraped along the length with a fork and then thinly sliced

Combine these ingredients in a large bowl and let sit in the fridge overnight.

When ready to serve, stir in

2 ltr of diet grapefruit soda

2 ltr of diet ginger alea

(I had trouble finding these in 2 liter bottles so I used 6 - 12 oz cans of each instead)

Add ice and drink up!

SOOOO delicious!

And the cucumbers are yummy to snack on when the punch is all gone.

Last week I also finished up the fourth and final (for now!) raggy quilt for my friend.

As with the others, she chose the fabrics and I did the sewing.

She chooses the cutest fabric combinations!

I love it.

And I finally got the shelves painted and assembled for my craft room.

Now I can get the last of the boxes unpacked and start hanging things on the walls.

Just for fun...

This is Jaxon showing me that he has robot eyes. 

LOL I'm not sure that this is proof, but I'll take his word for it.