A Collision...Party Crasher...Experiment

Yesterday there was a major collision in the back yard that initially give concern for minor concussions.  Andrew walked out in the yard to make sure that Tucker hadn't thrown up, and had bent down to check the grass.  About that time, Tucker noticed he was out there and ran full-speed without hitting the brakes, head first, to Andrew.  The result was Andrew laid out in the grass, Tucker gave a yelp, then laid down with Andrew until he could get up.  Sadly, (now that we know they are both fine) I wasn't around to watch the wreck.  I just saw the result - an egg on Andrew's head.  

This bad boy has been set up in our neighborhood for the past two days.  Both days (over 100 heat index days) we saw it while heading home from the golf course, so it looked extremely inviting.  And yes, it features water.  So inviting, in fact, I considered crashing the kid's birthday party...twice.  

I decided to experiment with a new ice cream recipe this afternoon.  I used the standard base recipe then added chocolate.  I only had cocoa powder so I took a risk and mixed it with a little oil as directed on the box, then added it to the ice cream base.  Other than it not totally dissolving, it was really good.  Very good, in fact.  Next time I will add it to the milk while it is heating, but otherwise - my experiment was a success and very yummy!!