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Leif and I just made good ice cream. Better than good. The texture was the most amazing thing ever, even if the flavor wasn't great.

I used the avocado chocolate pudding recipe - avocado, chocolate to taste, sweetener approximately equivalent to the chocolate, a little vanilla, a pinch of salt, and a little coconut milk because it seemed to thick for ice cream batter. I also tossed in a half eaten apple because it was there and needed to be used and it seemed like it needed something. Food process until smooth.

In theory, it doesn't taste like avocado. I've successfully made it not taste like avocado in the past. I think the main problem with the flavor was that these particular avocados seem to have a very strong flavor. I noticed it in the guacamole I made the other day, too.

Or maybe I just needed more chocolate.

The texture is more than enough to convince me I need to work on the recipe. Seriously, it's what you'd expect to find at some gourmet place for $10 a scoop.

Aikido cheered me up in spite of myself today. I was not in a receptive mood, but still felt better coming out than going in.

I have Serenity sitting here waiting for me to (finally) watch it, and two sleeping kids, but I think it's really too late to start it. Someday...

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I looked at last month's entry before writing this update, and realized that I was going to write almost the exact same thing. Astrid is still really close to crawling, except this time she really is. She gets up on all fours and pushes, but she hasn't quite got the traction yet and ends up going backwards. Then she cries because she's just getting further and further away from whatever it was she wanted to get. Still, she's close. If I put her down somewhere, I'll magically find her getting into something I thought was out of her reach.

Still no teeth, but I still think she's teething.

She likes bananas and apples and melon and probably anything else we'd be willing to feed her. Well, except avocado. She wasn't crazy about that at all. I made her some banana popsicles during the recent heatwave, and she gobbled that.

She's suddenly become even more vocal and awake, and we're starting to have a harder time taking her places that worked fine before. On the other hand, if I fill a basket with toys and set it within her reach, she'll happily sit on the floor and play for an amazingly long period of time.

Here's The Beeb in a dress I made for her: