I love lemonade. Not all the time, but when you need something to make your lips pucker and leaves a sweet taste on your tongue, lemonade is the answer.

My sister in law’s mom has a few lemon trees that are in full bloom and I was able to go over and pick bag fulls this past week. I can’t possibly eat that many, so I gave some away and kept a good handful for myself. I used only a few, so I decided to make fresh lemonade. There is just something about making it fresh rather than store bought. Maybe it’s the noise the juicer makes when it squeezes out all the juice from the lemons…dunno.

I found a recipe online that I tried. I have to say, it tastes great!

Perfect Lemonade Recipe

Ingredients
* 1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup)
* 1 cup water (for the simple syrup)
* 1 cup lemon juice
* 3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute)

Method
1 Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
2 While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.
3 Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add 3 to 4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength. Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.

Serve with ice, sliced lemons.

Serves 6.

My mom took a few photos of Corbin and I for my first Mother’s Day. Here they are:

Learning what your actually consuming can sometimes be quite disturbing. I will admit that I would prefer to be oblivious to food facts, but when I get a glimpse of what the actual fat grams, calories & or sodium content is in what I am about to consume my eyes typically bulge out. Is there no such thing as healthy eating anymore? Restaurant pump their food full of ??? and do they think twice about it? Probably not.

Here are a few food fact links to help pull the blinds off your eyes. You’ll be surprised.

20 Saltiest Foods in America

Food Facts That Restaurants Hide From You

The 20 Worst Foods in America

6 Fat-Melting Food Swaps

My son is 5 months old today (May 2nd) and to celebrate his daddy installed his new Britax convertible car seat as well as added the tray attachment to his stroller. It’s hard to believe he’s already outgrown his infant seat, but it’s true.

Corbin continues to crack us up with his belly laughs and BIG grins. He has also started reaching more for objects and loves putting things in his mouth (hand, toys, blankets). He isn’t showing any desire to roll over just yet, but we try to coax him by chanting “come on Corbin…you can do it!” as well as using our hands to roll him over so he knows what to do. We know in time he’ll get it. Have I told you he’s a well mannered baby? Well, he is. He is a blessing and makes my job enjoyable.