Basik Ramens

Puzzles!

This post is likely the first of many quick posts about our family.  We have been so busy keeping up with the house and child care that we have run low on blogging time.  We'll try to upload pictures each week and give a quick blip of how we're doing.  Thanks for sticking with us!

Last Thursday was our first outing as a family of 4.  We wanted to treat Adam to something special since he's been such a sport about all the changes going on at home (baby sister crying, sleep-disruptions, etc).  We decided to take him to Baskin Robbins (aka, Basik Ramens).  Adam ordered mint-chocolate chip ice cream.

Aurora slept in her carrier the entire time and received many peeks from customers passing our table to get to the ice cream counter.  Adam sat with us at our table and was really great about minimizing the ice cream drippage.  When he finished his mini-cone, Matt took him to see all the ice cream cakes in the freezer.  Wow.  The combination of sugar and seeing rows and rows of ice cream cakes caused him to go into several minutes of excitement.  He kept saying, "Oh, look at that [Daddy/Mommy]!"

When it was time to leave, Adam refused.  We were pretty sure he'd have to be carried out.  Matt took Aurora out to the car so that he could come back for Adam.  I am still healing from the c-section so I can't carry the baby's carrier OR Adam.  Luckily, the car was parked just outside the storefront.  As Matt was getting Aurora in the car, I suggested that Adam say good-bye to the employees.  Instead, he said bye to EVERYONE in the store.  By this time, there were two large families there.  He certainly got a lot of waves and smiles and goodbyes from the crowd.  Then Adam realized that after you tell 10+ people bye, you kinda have to leave and he headed for the door.  Phew!  Crisis averted.