Mojitos uncovered!

Here is the blog I originally wrote Saturday morning and I guess forgot to post...fair enough... I was foggy.

Good times, great friends!

So Friday night came and I was home alone with the two babies, my husband was off for some much deserved golf/therapy time. I was looking forward to a quiet night in. Then I got a phone call from my friend’s husband, inviting me to come over for a BBQ with her and her two children, because he was also heading out. My friend was having a nap so this would be a surprise to her, and he even offered to pick me up! Wow. I thought that was so cool; He wanted to surprise his wife when he brought home a friend and an insta-party, and he took care of me too so I wasn’t home alone with the kiddies.

We had a lovely barbeque while sipping on delicious mojitos that her husband made and then we decided to kick it up a notch.

My friend and I came back to my house, with the mojitos in a bag. We put the children to bed and got to talking!

It was so awesome to finally get the time to sit with this amazing friend and converse with her without four children, two mine and two hers, climbing all over us. Although we did at one point have to stop when Ella woke up and called me into her room because she had a booger on her finger and needed a Kleenex…fair enough…

We drank a lot of mojitos, had a lot of heart to hearts, and tons of laughs. Here is the recipe for some delicious mojitos….

ok. I lost the recipe. It is something like this:
muddle together 12 fresh mint leaves and half a lime
Fill glass with ice
Add 4tsp sugar
1.5 ounces rum
top with tonic
garnish with mint and lime

Actually, I think that is exactly the recipe. I guess we made enough that it's embedded in my brain!

Another one I know is blend ice with limeade concentrate, lots of fresh mint, fresh lime, grand marnier and rum...yum!

One of the things I love most about this woman is her amazing parenting. Check out her blog http://motherofboys.typepad.com for a recent post on positive parenting.

And try a mojito too.