Summer Fun

Want the perfect recipe for Summer Fun?

• Take two 11-year-old boys.


• Add in sunny skies and 80-degree weather.


• Apply sunscreen.


• Place them in the Water Park Capital of the World.


• And watch.

Sounds like the perfect day to me! Too bad us "big kids" weren't there! Carter was fortunate to have a friend invite him to Noah's Ark for the day. We had taken the big boys to the Dells when they were young but, for reasons that fail to come to mind, we just haven't gotten around to taking Carter.

I'm pretty sure it was worth the wait. He called on the way home with the promise of many exciting things to tell us about his day. In a word: AWESOME!

So while we were waiting for the boy to get home, hubby and I got down to some adult fun.

OK. Mind out of the gutter. We started watching season one of Mad Men, a television show on AMC that we've heard a lot of buzz about the last two years (16 Emmy nominations this year), but never took the time to watch.

Since the show -- set in sexy 1960s New York -- is designed for an adult audience, we figured we would cram as many episodes in as we can while the child is not present. We've got 7 days to get through season one and two before the season three premiere Sunday night. Not sure we're gonna get there. (Carter won't be in the Dells all week.)

We're intrigued by the show so far. But we might be sick of it by Sunday! Nah. I seriously doubt it. It's pretty entertaining.

The one thing about Summer Fun is there are plenty of different recipes. Depends who's cooking. And who's eating.