Topic Tuesday: Fourth of July

Today's Topic: Fourth of July

I saw last week on Under Cover Blonde's Blog that she made margarita popsicles.  Can you say, "YUM!?"  I definitely had to try this out since it was going to be a hot weekend and we were celebrating the fourth of July.  Our plans were to go to the pool at amazing boyfriend's parent's apartment complex and BBQ.  So, I figured, what better than to have delicious margarita popsicles to cool us down.

Instead of using regular size cups, like she did, I used plastic shot glass cups, and cocktail spears, instead of popsicle sticks (or plastic spoons).

I made two different kinds, Don Viejo margarita and Skinny Girl margarita, because that's what I had in my fridge, and didn't have time to go get different flavors, like I wanted to.

I made about 12 of the Don Viejo kind and 6 of the Skinny Girl.  I just poured them into the little shot glasses and put them in the freezer for two hours.

By now they should have frozen just enough for you to be able to put the sticks in the middle of them without them falling over.  If they do fall over, let the cups sit in the freezer for another 15 minutes or so, then try again.

Then, let them stay in there another two hours or so and wah-lah!  Make sure they are fully frozen and take them out.  If you're planning on serving them right then, you can take the popsicles out of the cups and place them on a tray of ice, or if you're taking them somewhere, leave them in the cups and place them on a plate with ice, and put foil around it.

Skinny Girl

Don Viejo

**Sprinkle some sugar on them to balance out the sourness of the margarita flavor


Now, if it's insanely hot like it was this weekend...I'd suggest securely putting them in an ice chest or cooler, because in the 10 minutes it took to get to his parents place, they melted and became margarita popsicles shots.  Sad, I know, but they were still good.  That just means I have to make them again!

As for the pool though, it felt great!  The hot heat from the sun, mixed with the cool, refreshing pool water, was wonderful!  However, I do need to get a new towel though, because it wasn't long enough for the lounge chair, and I kept burning my legs.  We hung out with his mom, Sweet-As-Pie Mom, and his dad, Surfer Dad, for about 6 hours.  We got a lot of sun and Surfer Dad cooked us up some awesome hamburgers!

Afterwards, we headed over to my parents house for some burritos and Hard-Working Dad's famous homemade rice.  After we scarfed down all that delicious food, we headed out front to set off some fireworks Hard-Working Dad bought.  It was so much fun!  We set a bunch off and got to play with sparklers, and laugh and hang with some of the neighbors.

We finally made it back home a little before 10, and man, were we tired!  It was a long, fun day, that we got to spend with each other and family :)

**And, it was so hot yesterday, that even though amazing boyfriend and
I kept reapplying sunscreen, we both burned...badly.
Him more than me, but lets just say, I've never wanted to
 go bra-less more than anything right now, and he just looks
like a (red) oompa loompa.  I felt so bad.
Aloe vera is now his best friend.

How was your fourth of July?