Ice Cream Diaries 2014

7/16/14

The Whole Scoop

Kiddie cone twist with rainbow sprinkles 

Ice Cream Diaries 2014

The delay in ice cream outings since the landing of our flight 4 days ago is appalling. I intend to make up every last wasted moment, starting with cone number one. 

Tonight we walked the neighborhood of Mr. Bejos' childhood hometown enjoying our sweet treats, debating which house we would buy in our imaginary world of limitless budgets, swatting away blood thirsty mosquitoes, and remembering just how much we miss fireflies.

7/14/14 

DB's

Small twist with rainbow sprinkles 

The very first taste

Going,

going,

gone.

Cheap Thrills

When the sky is daunting enough to keep us from the pool, and a walk/bike ride just won't do, we are forced to find other entertainment. Today that took the form of a construction site and the mighty machines that hold the attention of the Bejos boys for long enough to consider it an adventure all of its own.

And can we talk about the  stellar outfit that the oldest Bejos boy picked out himself today? He still rocks that wolf pack shirt. 

More summer

We have tried, in vain, to take that adorable older Bejos boy fishing for days now. Trip one was entirely mama Bejos's fault, in that I forgot to pack the fishing pole...oops. We instead threw rocks in the lake and collected "treasures" to add to his growing collection of random items.

The next day, with the help of daddy and his day off from work, we made it to the lake only to do so under a dark, thunderous, rainy sky. We diverted our plans to another locale to take a short hike, looking back at the socked in mountain. 

Fourth of July

Hello July

You can tell this boy is a child of the high desert. Upon seeing this sky

He came outside dressed like this

 Yesterday he predicted the rain from the sparse collection of dark clouds that peppered the sky. I acknowledged his observations but gently discouraged him from getting his hopes too high. June 30th was a bit early to really consider the  start of the monsoon season. Nonetheless, while at a doctor's appointment for the littlest bejos, the first rain of the season fell and we had the most amazing view of it from the large picture window of the exam room.

We wait right now, cautiously optimistic, for these dark clouds and rumblings of thunder to materialize into a storm.