Ice Cream Social

Today, we went to the St. Louis Park Ice Cream Social. Marco's parents e-mailed us with the idea to meet up there. We didn't know what to expect, but thought it would be a small deal with a place to get ice cream. Well, the whole town showed up for it! They had our favorite ice cream purveyor, Sebastian Joe's, giving out free cones. They had a separate tent for each flavor--probably ten tents in all. The lines for popular flavors like Oreo were really long, so we settled for peach, which was just peachy with us. Joe was not in a good mood and refused the ice cream for a while until he saw Marco eating his. After that, Joe stood in one spot holding the cone with two hands savoring his ice cream. He didn't get the concept of eating the cone (he must have thought it was just a funny shaped bowl) so he carried that cone around with melting ice cream it it, occasionally slurping at it. Here he is much later holding a soccer ball and the beloved cone. We were thrilled he finally gave up the cone because it was dripping all over everything. After ice cream, Joe and Marco got to see in a police car that was on display (Marco was enjoying being in the car, while Joe looked at it from the outside--good instincts, Joe.), and then played in the sand at the volley ball court. Clara Jane slept through the whole thing. Can you believe that?!?!