After I whined about wanting to give Soren beverages other than water and milk but not wanting to give him sugary crap, a friend suggested lemon/apple/cucumber water. I made this and it was awesome.

Soon after that, I saw this “Home Made Vitamin Water” post on the Homesteading/Survivalism Facebook page. Their suggested flavor combinations are:

• all citrus (lemon, orange, lime)
• raspberry lime
• watermelon rosemary
• blackberry sage
• pineapple mint.

Other ideas:

• cucumber mint
• strawberry, lemon, lavender
• strawberry lime
• peach, mint, lemon
• cucumber melon
• basil and peach
• blueberry rosemary.

I’m going to make this on days I don’t drink beer (those exist, believe it or not) and weekends, when I traditionally don’t drink much water all day. This morning, I added one sliced lemon and some water to a carafe and put it in the refrigerator. By dinner time, I had delicious lemon water. Soren even had some and referred to it as “lemonade,” which, I’m glad he thinks this is lemonade but I’m not sure why he even knows what lemonade is. Kids, man. They learn the most random stuff.