Saturday, July 25, 2009

The Joy of Ice Cream Cones




Daniel is not a stranger to ice cream. His first taste of the sinful frozen treat was at a daycare birthday party shortly after turning one year old. Since then, Daniel has never turned down ice cream, but he has also never seemed to devour it with quite the gusto as he does nowadays. Perhaps it's just the influence of the hot weather, but as of late, he adores ice cream and has taken to requesting ice cream or cake (his other love) after every meal. Can you imagine the pressure on Joe and me now to keep both stocked in our home to maintain the happiness of the highly-volatile small person that lives with us???

Well, today, Joe and I decided that it was time for Daniel to try eating ice cream from an ice cream cone. Did I just say that Joe and me decided??? Actually, it was Daniel's idea, and in order to avoid a tantrum after an exhausting day, we gave in to his "request". I have to admit that he did fairly well handling the feat of eating ice cream from a cone without too much collateral damage. So, for your viewing pleasure, here are some shots of Daniel eating his first ice cream cone.

2 comments:

philwoolard said...

Not too much on the shirt or on the face...I would say he did a great job! Was it hard to get him to eat the cone?

Heather said...

I find that I just have to look away when Seth wants a CONE rather than a cup. He listens intently when I order to make sure he's getting a cone. My logic screams, "NO!" but my heart says, "This is what gives your washing machine a reason to get up each day."