Homemade Cherry Ice Cream

I tried making cherry ice cream for the first time last week- a request for my oldest daughter's 6th birthday. It was such a hit that she wanted me to make it AGAIN for her 'school friends' party today. A hit there, too- not that a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds are too picky about homemade ice cream flavors.

recipe:

Add to your favorite vanilla ice cream recipe:

1 jar of maraschino cherries (16 oz); I add all the 'juice' (and I use the term loosely- by 'juice' I mostly mean high fructose corn syrup and red dye) and chop all of the cherries into small pieces.

As many fresh cherries as you can stand to stem and pit, cut into small pieces as well.

The color of this ice cream is a divine light pink; tons of cherry pieces (and the combo of fresh and maraschino is so tasty). Delicious all the way around. Not particularly revolutionary, but I often find that the flavors I want to create, I can't find a recipe for. So I'm wingin' it.

Why do kids do the things they do? I can't figure it out- and they certainly aren't any help in that department.

A List of Questions I Have Recently Asked my Kids:

1) Why do you eat sidewalk chalk and dirt EVERY time we play outside?

2) What on Earth would cause you to mark all over your sister's brand new toy with a glitter glue pen?

3)If you leave your wet Spiderman towel on the floor after swimming, who is going to pick it up?

4)Why did you wash your hair in the sink when you told me you were going to get a drink of water?

(In all fairness, I know the answer to this one- going-to-bed-avoidance)

5)Why is your Piglet doll stuffed in the crock pot? (Unplugged, thank goodness)

6)Why are you wearing your sister's undies on your head?

7)Why is there a half eaten Boca burger in the play microwave?