It was a hot day.
Nora opened the freezer and looked inside.
"Dad. There's no ice cream!" she complained.
Her father looked up from his computer.
"Do you want to make some?"
"Homemade ice cream!" Nora cried.
"Yes! Let's get started!"
Nora helped her father gather all the ingredients.
"Okay," Dad said.
He was looking at a cookbook.
"First we need egg yolks."
Crack! Nora broke some eggs and scooped out the yolks.
She put them in a bowl.
Dad added sugar.
Then he whisked everything together.
Next Dad heated milk and vanilla in a pot.
Then he slowly poured the liquid into the egg yolks.
Nora stirred everything together.
They cooked the mixture until it got thick.
"Perfect," Dad said.
"What's next?" Nora asked.
"Now our mixture has to cool," Dad said.
Nora sighed. "Will it take a really long time?"
"Nope," said Dad.
"Watch this."
He put the pot in ice water.
"It's cooling fast!" Nora said.
"Yep."
Dad took a cold container out of the freezer.
"What's that for?" Nora asked.
"It's for an ice cream machine," Dad said.
"The machine will churn the mixture for us."
"Cool!" Nora said.
Dad showed Nora how to put the container into the machine.
He poured in the mixture and Nora added heavy cream.
Then they turned on the machine.
Twenty minutes later Dad turned it off.
He covered the container and put it back into the freezer.
"Here comes the hard part," Dad said.
"We wait!"
"Ugh," Nora groaned.
"I hate waiting."
"Me too," said Dad.
"So let's try to stay busy."
Dad and Nora played cards.
They kicked a soccer ball around.
They went for a long bike ride through the neighborhood.
Back at home Dad opened the freezer.
Nora stood behind him on tiptoes.
"Is it ready?" she asked eagerly.
"Yes!" Dad said.
He scooped some ice cream and they tasted it.
"Mmm," Nora said, grinning.
"I'm glad there was no ice cream in the freezer.
Homemade ice cream is much better!"