Another Yummy Treat

This morning Sissy and I were the only ones who were up early.  She slept in her crib last night minus the side rail - getting ready for her big girl bed that will arrive tomorrow!  She woke up, still in her bed, calling "Momma!  I wake up!" and waited for me to arrive before hopping down out of bed!

So while Riley was still sleeping we decided to make some popsicles to share with her friend Natalie who is coming over to play after Riley's swimming lessons today.  It was the first time she's really helped me make anything in the kitchen and it was so sweet.  She pushed the sticks into the cups and kept counting them for me, "one, two, three, six, nine, ten, eleven."  Hey, at least she's got them in numerical order, right?

We tried No Drip Strawberry Popsicles:

1 box strawberry jello

18 strawberries 

1 package strawberry Kool-aid

*Boil 2 cups water and mix in jello for 2 minutes until dissolved.

*Remove stems from strawberries and mash in bowl with drink mix.

*Mix jello with strawberries.

*Pour into popsicle molds or use Dixie cups with popsicle sticks.  If you cover the cups with aluminum foil and then push the sticks through, it will help them to stay in place while they freeze.  

*Place in freezer for at least two hours.

ENJOY!