A Morning Of Spuming Potions .... And Memories Made

You may remember from our Christmas morning post that among our frantically opened presents, we received, not one but two, intriguing boxes of Santa's Potions from our best beloved, No. 1 Fan, Jan the Fan .........

...... so, when Iris and Bertie popped round over the holiday, what more perfect activity of a mixology type nature to proffer them .......

 ......well, it would have been rude not to ........

...... but under the extremely strict proviso, as per the instructions ........

..... that, no matter how intriguing the names on the packets .......

....... enticing the aromas ..........

 ......... and spectacular the chemical reactions ..........

....... it was unequivocally, with no exceptions, nil by mouth .......

...... not even the teeniest, tiniest lick of a finger, no matter how tempting.  

Having carefully checked the ingredients with a fine tooth comb, we were already pretty certain that there was nothing vaguely harmful in any of the packets, but you just never know when the odd, until now, unbeknownst allergy is going to come and bite you on the bum!  However, if Santa had been in any way remiss, a hitherto unblemished career would have been up the swannie, with all manner of lawsuits pending ....... and then what on earth would happen to Christmas?  A scenario it doesn't even bear thinking about!

The tension and expectation at times was intensely palpable and tangible, no squeaky pop Mr D, over in romantic Mexico, but we did have the most spectacular spume, which would reach a certain level, then collapse, only to start spuming all over again, at least six or seven times in all, if not more.

We think it may have been due to the bicarbonate of soda not being mixed in properly and so kept on releasing itself as it made contact with any of the liquid??? Mr D?

So, what can we say except a huge "Thank you" to the aforementioned, Jan the Fan, we had a whole morning full of very profound concentration, mixed in with lots of  ooooooo's and ahhhhhhs, some pertinent observation and, above all, so much laughter and fun.  You helped us once more create memories that our precious little ones will remember, hopefully forever, the thought of which, in turn, also made it  emotional for us doting oldies, at least.  THANK YOU SO MUCH!