Today we celebrated the Summer Solstice, a highly anticipated event in our house. Pretty much as soon as we get done celebrating the Winter Solstice, the kids start asking "how many more days until Summer Solstice?" In the past we've gone all out and thrown a huge party with a homemade sun piñata, relay races, water games, and a big bonfire. This year we kept it mellow and didn't have a party at all. Our house in town isn't quite as perfect for hosting a big summer celebration as our house in the hills was. But we still managed to have a wonderful welcome-to-summer kind of day.
A couple of days ago, we made smoothie pops (yogurt, strawberries, bananas and fresh-squeezed OJ) in anticipation of solstice. This morning, the kids got to eat them (one great thing about homemade smoothie pops is that the kids really can eat them for breakfast and it's totally fine).
We used some new rocket-shaped popsicle molds, and the popsicles turned out fabulously! We've been through a few sets of popsicle molds in the past few years (which is unfortunate since this is the kind of thing that you buy, in part, to cut down on packaging and waste, etc.), and none have been quite this great. I hope they last! The rockets were so cool that Luke and Jaz hesitated before taking the first lick.
We went out to our favorite restaurant for lunch, and it was delicious. Afterwards, we walked around town a bit, and there was definitely a summery kind of energy in the air. Our town is a really fun place to hang out in the summer, at least when it's not 90° outside.
For dinner we had some classic summer favorites: grilled hot dogs (organic uncured chicken), grilled zucchini and summer squash (from our CSA), and salad (also from the CSA).
All in all, it was an excellent start to Summer.
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