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The Ice Cream Cone

What is summer without ice cream?!?!  It is generally thought that the invention of the ice cream cone occurred on July 23, 1904 at the World Fair in St Louis when a waffle, which was sold separately, was rolled and filled with ice cream.

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Join in the summer fun and make your own waffle to fill with your favorite flavor of ice cream.  Here are some waffle recipes to try http://tinyurl.com/26vqrgo .

There is nothing like a Sunday family cookout with your own homemade ice cream.  Here is a delicious recipe:.

1/2 gallon Half and Half
1 pint Whipping Cream
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon Vanilla flavoring

Mix ingredients together.  Follow the cooling directions for your ice cream maker.  Enjoy plain or with your favorite topping.

Cooking with your kids is a fun way to practice reading and math skills!

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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner

Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.

Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.

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