There are a lot of things one can do to get ready for summer…tone up those abs to washboard shape for bikini season, give the house a deep clean, bleach your hair and go tanning so you look ahead of the game….
Having done all those things already (ha), I turned to other important preparatory tasks. It was time to introduce Gemma to ice cream cones.
I can’t decide if I’m a bad parent for holding out on her, or a good parent for the very same reason.
Gemma, meet ice cream cone.
Hmmm.
Try it, Gemma.
So far so good, right?
At this point we reached a road block. It’s a good thing we try these things for the first time in the comfort of our home.
I was also eating an ice cream cone, and when I got to the bottom of the top (if you know what I mean) I took a bite out of my cone. It took me a minute to notice the deadly quiet.
When I looked up Gemma’s eyes were like saucers, her mouth was agape.
“MOM!” she gasped. “Don’t EAT the cone! THAT’S not FOOD!”
“Pardon?”
“Da-ddaad-dad! Mo-mo-moomm-ate-ay-ayte –“
She couldn’t even speak, the shock was so great. I tried to reassure her but she continued to watch me for signs of choking/madness/admission of joke. When no such reactions were forthcoming and I continued to eat, she stuttered a few more times then gave up.
She licked up all her ice cream but refused to eat the cone.
We may have to try this a few more times.
In other ways, she is more than ready for summer:
As is piggy. This was her idea.
I think she’ll be just fine.
What a cute little bathing suit! I was expecting Piggy to have a suit on too… :)
Hilarious, Anna! She’s maybe sneaking out of bed to watch a little ANTM?
I got her figured out, she just wants you to keep refilling that cone :o) You can’t do that if it’s eaten, smart little lady :o)
I love the play by play with pictures :) And she is so cute in her bathing suit…a natural model :) Just for the record, I am always happy to see a new posting on your blog. They are so fun to read and I get to see some new pictures!
She naturally posed that way in the last photo? :-) I find the cone is a ‘sad’ wrap up from a nice treat. It’s dry and doesn’t have that much taste. In a bowl you get all of it and then lick the spoon…and on a hot sunny day…won’t drip everywhere. What a little lady!
She really did pose that way! I wouldn’t even know how to explain that to her…she is a natural :)