Ice Cream Day

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month. He also established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month.

This to me, says we must embrace ice cream this month. I know it is tough, but it had to be done. :)

SO, since we have plenty to do on the weekends, I made our ice cream day this Friday.

Craft/Counting - Coloring ice cream scoops and then putting them up to see how many high each child is. Good luck getting an active 10 month old to pose near his cone. And Lorelei has suddenly decided it is her thing to put her hands under her chin to pose? :) This year Lor is 8 scoops high and Makin is 6.



We also made our little version of an ice cream truck so we could play ice cream man. Then had ice cream cone cut-out grilled cheese for lunch.


And what ice cream day would be complete without a trip to the ice cream shop? Marble Slab Creamery is very close to our house, so as soon as Brad got home we headed out to get our treats. Lorelei had no hesitation ordering her ice cream...birthday cake flavored ice cream with sprinkles and m&ms. I tried out red velvet (thats why we are sticking out our tongues that are red) with white chocolate chips, and of course Brad got mint with Butterfinger. :) Makin took little bites from Brad's and Lorelei's. Yum!


Lorelei has also put in a request to make our own ice cream...I told her Nana did that. :) Guess we can look forward to some home-made ice cream for our next visit!