Farewell party for the Jones's. Two women I love and admire, Juliet and Julie.
Waterballoons
Credence and Luke
Top to bottom left to right: Juliet, me, Abish, Erika, Julie, Jenny, Allison
Julie Jones was the first friend I made when I moved to Tucson. Julie is funny, talented and beautiful and I have learned so much from her. I am feeling very sorry for myself right now but so happy for them. I love you Julie.
Ragamuffins
Cornstarch, food coloring, and water = my favorite paint. It's cheap, safe and easy to clean up. I know I need it to be the way Sylvia uses it :)
Yesterday we had to have a fire during our history lesson because the weather dropped down into the 60s!!!
Lately I've been trying to make more of an effort of teaching my children basic food preparation skills. The girls are very motivated and excited to learn, Luke not so much. I need to get that boy a little bit independent so that we can kick him out of the house when he turns eighteen. (When I told Luke to curl his fingers of the hand holding the lemon he said, "Don't worry, I play the piano." I guess meaning, Don't worry I know the drill of having to curl my fingers.)
Here is Sylvia squeezing some lemons on the turkey.
Quite a few years ago a friend gave me this turkey brine recipe and I've used it ever since.
1 cup kosher salt 1 cup brown sugar 2 oranges, quartered 2 lemons, quartered 6 sprigs of thyme 4 sprigs of rosemary
Put turkey in 2 kitchen garbage bags in 5 gallon bucket. Add ingredients and enough water to cover the turkey. Let soak for 4 to 24 hours in refrigerator. Rinse well after taking out.
