best day ever!

Melbourne Cup Day means a public holiday for us all.  It's going to throw the whole week out I'm sure but I for one welcomed the sleep in. 

I worked until around 2am this morning so wasn't planning on anything too huge to happen with everyone home plus our nephew Kyle sleeping over.  I did the usual - editing, laundry, cleaning, shopping while the boys SAT all day on the Wii and Maddy played beautifully.  Alex had a friend come over and all was pretty content until I heard music box music and realised it was Mr Whippy!

Mr Whippy never drives his ice cream van around hardly ever.  It's a real novelty for us here.  I want my kids to feel that same kind of excitement that I STILL do when I hear the music play.  So Nath headed off in his van with Kyle and I took the other three kids and we hunted him down for ice cream!

 

They're always ridiculously overpriced but who cares?  Faces like these are priceless!

 

And then Madeleine declared today...."Best day EVER!"

 

And you can't deny that kind of enthusiasm is truly admirable!

:)

Comments

[raylene]

you would think i would know the why and how of this considering i work there but Mr Whippy is coming to my kid's school tomorrow!!?! super convenient but i think the chase is half the fun... pretty sure the kids wont mind when though :D

[Karen]

I remember as kids chasing the Mr Whippy van too - and did it with mine when they were you too. Overpriced - yes, priceless - definitely

[Tanya]

You are the best parents!!! good for you, the smile on their faces is sooooo worth it.
Happy times with Mr Whippy and his music, ahh I hear it now. xx

[kathie]

Yay for Mr Whippy vans. Send him down our way, I could do with an icecream this weekend - 40 degree temps and all!