The ice cream man is coming!!!!

The blue sky almost looks pasted on, doesn't it?

Sharing a taste with sissy, who got left out of all the excitement. (note to self...next time get Marcella her own ice cream!)

I heard the back door open and then someone yelling "The ice cream man...the ice cream man!!!!". Yes, you would have thought it was Madeline but it was Al!!! Madeline was right on his heels giddy with excitement. Those two ran, and I mean ran through the house and out the front door to catch him! Okay, I admit I ran after them with my camera! Al brought home one of these giant inflatable pools and they had all been in the backyard putting it together and that is why M is in her swim suit. But more about that later! What it is about hearing those familiar chimes that takes one right back to childhood? I remember that my Daddy kept a small jar of coins on his dresser and would always let me and my brother get quarters for the ice cream man. The jar is a little brown coil pot that Randy made in boy scouts, I think. It is still on his dresser and Madeline gets quarters out of it now. 50 cents won't get you much now, though. Ice cream for Al and Madeline was $5.00! That's a lot of quarters! :-)