Gem and I made dolls, one for her and one for her best bud's third birthday. Gem was actually very into it. She pushed the pedal on the sewing machine for me (that was interesting!) and painted both dolls with coffee for their skin color. Aren't they cute?
Then Gem and I went strawberry picking at a local organic farm. We got about 13.5 lbs that we paid for. But Gem ate a pretty hefty portion while we were picking.
Already today we made strawberry popsicles:
Strawberry cake, and 3 quarts of strawberry jam (still cooling, I hope it gets thicker than it currently is!):
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GEM tasted the cake but didn't like it because it was "too spicy."
All awesome!!!! She looks so grown up! Wow, man! I didn't do my jam today -- pickles and jam tomorrow! How did you do your jam?
Marlyn- - I used the recipe on the package of Pomona's pectin for low sugar. It's the only kind of pectin they had at our co-op, but I haven't used any pectin enough to have a real preference. It did turn out, by the way. Once it was cool, it's a nice consistency.
It all looks yummy to me. I'll look forward to having a taste of the strawberry jam.
Must admit that GEM looks good in her motif and color coordinated clothing for the strawberry photos.
Wow you guys have been busy! Now I totally want a doll like that for my kids.
Believe it or not Tyler is very into dolls.
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