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Here is something fun in anticipation of the warm summer days to come, and the kids who will be out of school soon.  Lemon Coolers are a quick and easy treat.

They are so easy, you can make them on a hot and drowsy summer afternoon.

They are so fun and pretty, make them for a summer party.

All you need is a fresh lemon and a 5 inch candy stick.  We like a pink lemonade or a raspberry flavored stick best.

Start by rolling your lemon back and forth on the counter to get juices flowing.

If you are serving them on a platter, you can slightly trim off the very end, so the lemon will stand nicely.  If it’s just for the kids to hold, you can leave the end on.

Cut a little triangle, about the width of your peppermint stick, out of the upper side of the lemon… or use a small corer if you have one.  I like when the hole is slightly smaller than the stick for a nice fit.

Insert the stick.  It will take a few minutes of sucking before the stick forms a “straw” of sorts…. and VOILA you have lemonade.  The longer you suck, the more juice that flows.  The sweet sugary stick makes the lemonade just right.  Now all I need is a little sunshine to go with my lemonade.

If you have a lemon,

make Lemonade.

Summer vacation is just around the corner.  If I am totally honest with myself, I feel an equal amount of excitement and trepidation at the idea of having my kids at home full time.

Yes.  I love spending lazy summer days with my kids…  but I also dread the lack of formal routine.  I know my kids, especially my girls, need some form of summer school, to help them catch up in math.  For my sanity, I will need new summer job charts and a plan for maintaining a clean home.  And I will need time for the kids to occupy themselves and for me to work (hopefully somewhat uninterrupted) each day.

Our family doesn’t have the extra income to send our kids off to expensive day camps, so planning for a great summer comes down to me.  I need to use ingenuity and resourcefulness if I want to make this summer worthwhile.

This week and next, before the kids are done with school… it is my goal to come up with a plan.  A good workable plan.

It starts today with the creation of our “Must-Do Summer List” which will happen when the kids get home from school this afternoon.

I saw the idea of making the list together and hanging up where it can remind and inspire on The Giver’s Log.  When it’s done, I’ll be sure to share.