Once a year Ben & Jerry’s gives back to their cultish following (and anyone else interested) by offering an entire day of free ice cream cones. I refused to miss it — that’s about $15 of free ice cream cones from our favorite ice cream creators. Fantastic. So, after I picked up Liam from school, the kids and I met Kristen and Tim for our afternoon treat. I mistakenly ordered a cone for Burke, instead of a cup, which turned out to be disastrous. Just like everything else, he slowly and methodically ate his frozen treat. He couldn’t possibly lick fast enough to compete with the rapidly melting chocolatey goo dripping . . . everywhere. However, it was entertaining to see Tito coaching Burke, “faster, faster — you got to lick faster. Over here Burke — this side — no wait, now this side. You can clean yourself up later, don’t worry about that now — just lick!” Who knew eating ice cream was such a science?
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i knew, and scott knew. — tito
Comment by kmdfoto May 1, 2008 @ 11:59 amFor some reason my ancient computer sometimes just shuts down when I try to comment on your blog. Maybe wordpress is just too Fancy for the old girl. So I’m going to comment on several posts at once. Harper also had the wraith scream. It was so piercing I sometimes still hear echoes of it coming back–probably from other planets. It did seem to stop when she was better able to express herself with words.
Comment by Patti May 5, 2008 @ 12:18 pmI think on the day after the Ben and Jerry’s largesse, it was 31 cent scoop night at Baskin Robbins to benefit the Fallen Firefighters’ Fund. I went with the girls from my Bible study and I had FOUR scoops. You could get up to ten but I thought that might be almost as obnoxious as those professional eating contests.
I think Jesus killing the dinosaurs makes better sense than the meteorite theory.
I’m going to get some of the seaweed stuff next time I go to Whole Foods.
haha! they are so cute! I went to free cone day as well- its genius. I’m sad to say that it really got me hooked and I was back on friday after having craved it since tuesday.
Comment by Tahni May 5, 2008 @ 7:37 pm-Tahni
Tito, we may have to hire you for more ice cream lessons. What kind of sweet deal would that be?
Patti, I’m sorry about the computer stuff…I’m of no help I’m afraid, and I’m definitely going to need some pointers on how you handled the scream, until we learn some better ways to communicate. Four scoops of ice cream is very impressive and delicious. I specifically thought about you with the Nori; I think you’ll love it.
Tahni, it’s hard to break the B&J cravings. Just wait until this summer when HEB starts running sales like 2/$4 on their B&J pints. Then, try and tell yourself no: it’s nearly impossible.
Comment by cloisteredaway May 8, 2008 @ 2:29 pm