Buggy Bot

Jacob built a walking motorized K'Nex robot at camp this week. He calls it buggy bot. Jacob has really had a good time these past 4 weeks of science camp. I think he will be going back again next year. Next, on to Lego camp!

Fun Food Fridays

The Marina del Rey location of Tutti Frutti is having a summer special. Fridays from 7-9 PM until 8/31/10 you can get yogurt for $1.00. We will be going there at least once for a treat. Enjoy.

Fun Food Fridays

A healthy dessert made with yogurt and raspberries. Below is the link but you will need to copy and paste in your web browser.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/raspberry-fool-recipe/index.html

Lunar Rover

Jacob's lunar rover from science camp. He took a picture before he dismantled it to create something else. Last week was all about space, this week is all about animals.

Fun Food Fridays

Strawberry Shortcakes

I wanted to do something with strawberries today because they looked and smelled so good at the farmers market. Jacob helped me pick a shortcake recipe and here is what we did.



For the vanilla cream:

• 1/2 cup milk



• 1/2 cup heavy cream



• 1 vanilla bean or vanilla extract to taste (I used 2 tsp)



• 1/4 cup sugar



• 4 egg yolks

Pour the milk and heavy cream into a sauce pot and scape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the sauce pot. Add half the sugar (2 T) and bring to a simmer. In a small bowl whisk together the egg yolks and remaining sugar. Temper the eggs by adding a small amount of the heated milk mixture to the bowl, whisking constantly. Pour the egg mixture into the pot of milk, stirring constantly. Do not boil or you will have scrambled eggs. The mixture should begin to thicken so that it coats the back of the spoon. Remove from heat add vanilla extract if using and allow to cool. Refrigerate until cool and ready to use.

For the macerated strawberries I used one basket of strawberries and 2 T of sugar. I used store bought sponge cake.

To assemble: I put some sponge cake on the bottom, scoop of macerated strawberries, vanilla cream, then another layer of sponge cake, macerated strawberries, vanilla cream and topped it with a little whipped cream.

Egypt

Jacob loved his first week of science camp which was called Mystery of the Pharaoh's Treasure. Our house has been all things Egypt this week and I have tons of stuff to prove it. I decided to take Jacob to the new exhibit at the California Science Center on Mummies. I figured a good way to end a week learning about Egypt (good mommy) but didn't think Jacob would be "freaked out" by the mummies (bad mommy). Should be an interesting week of sleep.

Yes, there was a line but it was well worth the wait at least for me.
This was from the Lost in Egypt free exhibit also at the California Science Center. No freaking out here.

From the new Ecosystems exhibit.

From the Ecosystems exhibit.

Fun Food Fridays

A patriotic Jello. It is amazing how happy a kid can get over Jello and whipped cream.