Ice Cream

In the town I grew up in ice cream trucks where things of tv shows and movies but they never ever came to my little neighborhood. Now that I live in NW Indiana they once the warm weather shows up they come out in droves and go up and down our street at least once a day through out the months of March through Oct. I find them exciting and willingly go running out to buy ice cream when I hear the tinkling tune of the truck. My husband on the other hand having grown up with them always driving around his neighborhood has lost the magic and the excitement of the ice cream truck.
James yesterday heard the tinkling bells and went rushing to the door in awe and excitement!!! When Brian was asked to take this excited child out to buy him and ice cream there was a great lack of enthusiasim at the idea of chasing down the ice cream truck but begrudgingly took the excited little boy out to get the ice cream.
They came back with a very expensive but none the less yummy looking Bugs Bunny with gumball eyes. James for the first 5 minutes could do nothing but look and ohhhh and aaahhhhh over the beloved ice cream before digging in and making a HUGE mess but as the mommy who has to clean it up feel it was well worth it!!! But I wonder about my darling husband and why he doesn't look at the magical ice cream truck the same way as his wife and child do, Is it his take it or leave it attitude about ice cream or is it truly a worn out opinion of the ice cream truck I do not know but I have no intentions of joining him in his attitude on ice cream or ice cream trucks!!!!
I just need to makes sure I keep plenty of change around this summer!!!

James Birthday

My baby just turned two!! How is this possible? Wasn't it just yesterday that I was graduating from high school or heading off to Russia, or Moving to Maryland, or getting Married, or found out that we were expecting!!! or just went through 12 hours of labor, or just brought this little tiny bundle home from the hospital??? But now he is two and I wonder where the time went!!! I know a good nine months of it was spent in a tired daze with being preggers with Mr Issac but the last two years have been busy full of new things: walking and talking, getting his first,second, and third hair cuts and simply becoming a little boy!!
James is a sweetie pie and I can not imagine my life with out him even those moments when I want to scream and pull my hair out because he is being so frustrating I still wouldn't trade those moments for anything!!!
James has many interests in his small world, cars, trucks, Wall-e, but the one true love seems to be trains, it does not matter where he is or what is going on if he sees a train or thinks he sees a train his face lights up like you wouldn't believe and he squeals in delight and yells out "T" "T" "T"!!!
So for his birthday we decided to take him to a Train restaurant called "Tyler's Tenders" They have trains you can drive around, a large train you can ride on and if you sit at the counter a train will deliver your food. We had never been to this restaurant before which in hindsight that wasn't a good thing as there wasn't room for our party in the main part of the restaurant and so we were all at the counter. Those who attended the party where James cousins Zoe and Jefferson Norris, and McKenzie, Trenton, and Logan Andrews along with Uncle Jeff and Aunty Megan, Uncle Charlie and Aunt Kathleen and Grandma Andrews.
From the moment we walked into the place James was sooo very excited running from one thing to the next squealing in delight about all the trains!!! He and all the cousins rode on the train many many times and he was constantly over at the train table in fact he was a little overly excited and bumped another child right off the stool to drive the train.
For presents James received a very cool snake and lizard and book from cousin Zoe, Cousin Jefferson gave James a ball and a bubble blower, mommy and daddy gave James a train set, Cousins McKenzie, Trenton, and Logan gave James a whiffle ball and bat, and golf ball and club and a sprinkler, and Grandma Andrews gave James a very cool Thomas the tank engine tent. That takes up our entire living room!!! James is two and he is already getting toys to big to fit in our house!!! It is time for a bigger house!!
Everyone had cake and Ice cream and I do believe fun was had by all who attended!!!