Ice Cream Mania

An ice cream truck cruised through our neighborhood yesterday, a sight I thought I would never see. Quickly I hurried through the house to get some change, the camera, and Winnie on my hip. When I came out, Charly and Piper were waiting patiently alongside the little van playing the whimsical music. 

Charly has been talking about this truck coming on Wednesdays but we never seem to hear it or be home when it comes through so we were pretty excited. This was the first experience our girls have had with home delivered ice cream.

As a kid, I remember always looking forward to the ice cream truck, or the peddling cart with the delicious Mexican ice cream bars on them. My brother and I almost always got to get one. My favorite was vanilla with raisins at the top. Gosh, I wish I could remember what they were called.

In other Campbell news, Charly lost her seventh tooth last night. I have become quite the tooth pulling master mom, so far I have pulled three VERY loose teeth from Charly. They have been so loose, she doesn't even realize I pull them until I show it to her. 

Nate is always teasing her about different ways he would pull the teeth. I suppose when you tell a little girl with Charly like personality that you are going to tie a string to a door knob and yank it shut she is likely to never let you near her mouth. Who would have thought I would be the one actually excited to get her teeth out? I have a feeling once Piper gets around to having loose teeth, she will let Nate do the fun pulling, Charly is much too cautious for those things, LOL.

Speaking of Piper, she has just blossomed right before our eyes the past couple of days. I know I have said this before but I'll say it again, being able to be home with them all the time I really get to see the changes more magnified I think. Overnight Piper has gained an interest and understanding of letters and a curiosity of spelling things. Today her word of choice was 'spider'. It's written on my porch a few times, some paper, and the chalkboard in our kitchen. What a fun milestone for her! Her E's still have four arms instead of three but they are unique and so is she. Sometimes I think she does things on purpose just to be different. (Remind you of someone else you know?)