Ice Cream for Spring

Spring will be here soon enough, well technically spring is here today, but it is too cold for me to consider it to be an official spring. But once the weather warms up I'm going to invite the family over, nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, parents, well you get the idea.

We are going to have a huge cook-out just like we do every year to get the warm season started. It's hard to round everyone up once spring starts turning into summer, so I do this get together as soon as it is warm enough for the kids to play outside. It is a potluck event, I provide the burgers and hot dogs and everyone else brings sides and deserts.

For the kids, if they want ice cream...well I've invested in a hand crank ice cream maker for them to make their own. The ice cream is awesome, and it teaches the kids a lesson in working for what you want. Or at least I hope it does, it keeps them out of trouble for a little bit anyway.

Hmm...I might invest in some ice cream wafers for them too so they can make their own ice cream sandwiches.

Ah, I'm off to continue dreaming about warmer days and to give the ice cream maker a test run.

Photo by ralph and jenny on flickr