Since we were heading out to New Jersey for Christmas, we let the boys open up their stockings early and also some of their Christmas gifts early:
As per our family tradition, Graham and Charlie get to open presents from each other first:
Graham got an ice cream/sorbet maker!
And Charlie is so happy with his smart watch. We all have smart watches except for Charlie and so now, he can also compete with Bobby and Graham - #steps per day and sleep score:
Actually, I don't think his watch calculates a sleep score. Just the #hours of sleep. So perhaps by next summer, when he does get his new phone, we can upgrade his watch to something more fancy. Kids these days are all about technology and fancy gadgets!
I love how basic this ice cream/sorbet maker is. Graham was determined to make some right away. He started with a lemon sorbet:
This sorbet better be worth it because it took me probably over 30 minutes to check out of the supermarket 2 days prior to Christmas!!
Ooooh, looking good! Not too shabby for a first time. It was definitely lemony!
The next day, Graham wanted to make vanilla ice cream. He was looking for ice cubes and assumed there were some in the freezer. Well, the water line to the fridge is not turned on, so hence - no ice cubes! And then I was like,... what about all that snow outside??!
And then, let all the shaking begin!! I'm glad Daddy was able to participate in this too! :-D
Ta da!!! Looks how creamy this is!
And it was actually super yummy too. Now we just have to figure out some sort of freezer/container to put all the ice cream in. When we put everything back into the freezer, the texture of the sorbet and ice cream was more frozen rather than smooth. Definitely a learning process, but Graham is super happy how well it worked! Perhaps we won't have to buy ice cream anymore??!
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