Hurricane Party Cocktail

Only days after the unexpected 5.9 earthquake shook us up, we now find ourselves taking cover as Hurricane Irene violently beats and batters us over here on the east coast.  As you stock up on necessities and prepare for the worst, don't forget to make a stop at the liquor store (or if you're like me, make sure your wine rack is stocked).  For those of you planning on having a hurricane party or just want to enjoy a new drink for the occasion, I give you... (drum roll please): 

THE HURRICANE COCKTAIL!

Ingredients:

2 oz light rum

2 oz dark rum

2 oz passion fruit juice

1 oz orange juice

juice of half a lime

1 Tbsp simple syrup

1 Tbsp grenadine

orange slice and cherry for garnish

Preparation:

1. Squeeze juice from half a lime into shaker over ice

2. Pour the remaining ingredients into the shaker

3. SHAKE (like the earthquake baby)

4. Strain into glass (preferably a hurricane glass such as this)

5. Garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry

Now drink up and most of all BE SAFE!

20 Fun Things for Kids to do this Summer:

This summer, we decided to make a bulletin board of things we wanted to do at some point.  I've been watching my husband's little cousins who are 11 and 13, as well as my two little guys who are much younger.  I had each of them write down about 5 things that they wanted to do while they're with me this summer.  Although they have expensive taste, we came up with some great ideas, so here they go:

1. Make a fun list of things to do this summer (such as ours above or I love this idea!)

2. Make a music video

3. Paint ball

4. Make tie-dye shirts

5. Go to the water park

6. Laser Tag

7. Make ice-cream sundaes

8. Go to a theme park (they listed plenty)

9. Water balloon fight

10. Drop mentos into a soda can and watch it fizz and overflow (this was a new one for me)

11. Go see a movie

12. Go to the Pool

13. Have a Lemonade/Cupcake Sale

14. Slip-n-slide (don't forget the baby oil)

15. Have a picnic at the park

16. Create a ziplock bag explosion

17. Conduct the Fizzy Colors Experiment

18. i-Spy (scavenger hunt)

19. Make pizza from scratch

20. Make a photo album of our summer fun!