ice cream makes it better

Daryl took this sweet shot of Mia...sitting on a curb savoring her last bit of ice cream. what this photo doesn't show are the minutes before we headed for Maggie Moo's.

we were at Home Depot getting wood for the sand box daddy's building for her fourth birthday. as we were getting in the car, she tripped over my foot (why was it my foot? i feel so horrible thinking about it) and hit her chin on the floor board of the car. it looked bad. it sounded bad. it was bad. her chin began to swell instantly and there was blood. lots of blood coming from her mouth. she had bit her lip and i don't know...but there was lot's of blood and she was crying. daddy comforted her immediately, while I put Lily in her carseat. but the time i got back around the car, Mia had relaxed a bit and was talking about ice cream daddy had promised her for the swelling. i laughed at my tear faced daughter and her hero of a father and told her that she didn't need to try to break herself to get ice cream. we all ended up with ice cream...Lily with ice cream covered banana chunks from mine.

when our children hurt, we hurt...ice cream definitely makes it better, though.

Pie, hydrant & tights

More fun with Miss M yesterday. We went over to the new house to meet the AC guy..he fixed it and it wasn't too expensive...that's always nice. Then we hit the 620 Cafe & Bakery. It's super close to the house and has tasty homecookin'. We're in soooo much trouble when we move in. We've already eaten there two Sunday's in a row :) The great thing about their bakery is all their fresh, well, baked goods. Including PIE! Miss M told me that in her 16 years, she's only had apple pie. WHAT?!...but there are soooo many lovely pies out there. Well, after brunch, Mia and Miss M sauntered over to the bakery counter and picked themselves their slices...and both ended up with chocolate cream pie! Did they want to share a piece? Hell no! Below are some shots with my pos camera phone...I LOVE the one a few down of Mia begging for two more bites...oh, the thing is that yes, you can have pie, but just a few bites...it's a LOT and tasting food is wonderful and the ability to put your fork down and walk away without finishing something just to finish it is something I'm still working on. Plus, that slice o' pie was bigger than her HEAD! :)

In our cul-de-sac, there's a fire hydrant that gets opened up every month or so just to let the chlorine levels rise...don't ask. All it means to us is a good time. We all hung out in the spray until Lily cried from the sidelines...Miss M and Mia hung out for a while. When they came in the house, Mia was SOAKED, and oh so happy :) What's funny is that after getting out of her wet dress, she opted for some colorful tights...yes, it's July in Texas, but the girl wanted her tights :)