Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy
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… surely never bought their kids ice cream after summer camp.
Money well spent, indeed.
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Awe sweet!
Funny story. Took the girls swimming last week and as we pulled up to the pool an ice cream truck drove past. I said “awe too bad the ice cream truck is out of ice cream.” My mom asks how I know. I say “cause the musics playing” with the consiratory look mothers give each other. Apparently she missed that day in mommy-school because she gives me the you’re-dumber-than-dirt-look and said loudly “that’s not what the music means, it means he DOES have ice cream.” I, of course, respond with the look of death, then laugh and tell her she’s slow. It took her a minute to catch on LOL.
~ut_mommy
SO SWEET! Those kids are the picture of happiness! <3
This post just made me want to go buy MYSELF an ice cream. And maybe share with the toddler.
Love the photos! Ice cream definitely makes kids happy!
I still remember the fun of going with mom to DQ for a cone, or the old root beer stand. ;)
Ice cream just makes the world a better place. ;-)
I have the same superhero shirt in a much bigger size, but no ice cream. Time to stop working and take a break.
Love.
Love.
Love!
That was definitely money well spent! I loved seeing those little smiling faces!!
LOL, I agree with Tanya. For the longest time my little shopaholic daughter was told that the store lights were on so the people in the store could clean it! It was the only way to drive by without her pleading to go shopping!
Ice cream could bring world peace. I just know it.
So stinkin’ cute!
That’s the cutest damn thing I’ve seen all day.
Ha! I told my daughter when she was little that it was the “music truck”! It would come by every night and play music for us! :-)
indeed! i love spending money on ice cream!
This is going to sound funny but they are getting big! We’ve never met and I don’t know them personally but just from the pictures I’ve seen over the course of the year.
Indeed. And adorable! XO
What a treat, to see kids absolutely bubbling over with happiness. I really do believe that it’s the little gifts that children remember longest. Thanks for sharing!
Your kids are so precious and totally bursting with personality, just like Mama!
how many generations of children have screamed at the delight of hearing the icecream van?
It’s the best – I just wish BOTH my kids liked it. My life would be a whole lot easier as far as bribery goes :)
So true.
My daughter has the biggest grin when I treat her to an ice cream.
I love the sugar rush!!!
Although, I did buy all six of our kids icecream at the same time once and I’ll have to by smoking crack to do that again! ;)
My kids are almost out of school for summer! Can’t wait, your kids are adorable. Ice Cream always hits the spot.
Ice Cream always makes everything better. =) This reminds me of mine and my 5 year old sons conversation a few weeks back:
“Mom? how much does it cost for a house?”
“Depends, something like two hundred and fifty thousand dollars or so.”
” wooh, oh my gosh! Rreealllyyy? that’s a whole freaking lot of numbers!! I never heard of that number before. Maybe you can just get me ice cream instead!”
Kids are simple and will always be happy if you buy them Ice Cream. =)
Cool. Makes me want to get back to the simple things of my childhood.
And hopefully after that happiness wore off they were ready for nap.
Lovely photos! We spend so much time searching for happiness and here it is in a cone.
I’d die without money. And ice cream.
The family keeps getting cuter. Lily and that enviable hair.
Now I want Ice cream…
Icecream buys happiness! My thighs are proof of how happy I am!
Love their faces! They look so cute!
I heart this. Ice cream can buy my happiness, that’s for sure.
Oh hell yes money can buy you happiness. I am cracking up at the super hero tee’s. I remember your post where you said you would never buy them, but ended up buying them anyways!
Ha, my husband gets that happy when I buy him ice cream too. It’s the little things :)
Magical!! Ice cream is one of the first words my daughter learned. I think even before Mommy !!!
Love it. Its so true. I also brider is a great mom tool. I think we all do it just not aware of it. candy to go on the potty a reward to clean.
When you have to get tons of shoping done tell the kids be good and we will go out for ice cream you dont even have to do that just do it and its a nice reward and cause it to be a postive thing for next time
so cute. I cream does the trick every time!
Cute pics! Loving summer time!
We had the ice cream truck come to my youngest’s bday party at the park! We don’t have an ice cream truck where I live so the kids just stood in shock at the REALLY loud truck for a minute. It turned out to be a HUGE hit! That was our gift to him. Besides the party and all.
Your kids are ADORABLE btw!
The first location that my daughter was able to identify, outside of our house, was the Rita’s down the street from us. I think that should give you some idea of how often we visit there. Man, I could go for a gelati now.
Yoda rocks.
Would you please send a memo to my almost 3-yr old that ice cream tastes GOOD?
Also, happiness is summer camp. Period.
Oh, wait, I’m just talking about myself.
I totally agree, who kids don’t want ice cream??? they’re so cute!!
Uhuh!! they’re beautful children, and ice cream it’s a good idea for them, my kids love this!!!
They are so gorgeous. But now I want ice cream.
–>I hope you bought yourself some too.
Great pics, and we have been haunting the local Shave It in our neighborhood. Its like a snowcone with more options.
Moms who buy cold treats for their kids are winners. lol
God Bless Rocky Road
oh they look so happy and cute. Seriously…how long did that last? ;) Great…now I want ice cream.
Not me!!!!
I love when really little kids eat ice cream…they open their mouth about an hour before their little tongue actually touches the ice cream. The thrill of anticipation is so cute!!
~Helen Nutter
What a great read. :)
A trip the ice cream stand is always a major highlight of our family’s summer daze!
Love these pics! I had surgery on my mouth this year, so I too, smile like that every time I hear the ice cream man coming! I scream for ice cream =)
What you say is so true. Sometimes when it is just too hot and gross for anything I declare its ice cream for dinner night. Nothing like some blizzards at the DQ to make you feel that all is right with the world.
So true! And money on camp is the best investment EVER.
Ice cream, Oh how I love thee, let me count the ways ….