Cows and Cones

I have about 597 Maine photos I could be posting today, but summer keeps rolling on and I loved these photos of boys and ice cream from last Friday, taken at a new local farm stand/farm/dairy bar. Animals galore, beautiful farm scenery, a lovely shaded place to sit and very good ice cream. Locals? I highly recommend, ask me for the 411.

Not pictured: the swim that immediately followed this ice cream outing.

Well, HELLO, ice cream, where have you been all my life?

Must eat quickly. Must not look up or breathe in between bites.

No WAY am I sharing this with my little brother or anyone else. No WAY.

Little does Will know he already did share—a scoop out of his into Henry’s empty cone…

So the toddlers (mysteriously replaced here by these hip, vacationing dudes) stayed neat and clean while the ALMOST four-year-old had to ditch the shirt after ice cream. How does that work?

Dude! Enough with the cows. Isn’t there a casino around here someplace?

THE BEST PARENTING TIP YOU WILL EVER RECEIVE HERE. OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

When faced with an outing like this, particularly when the child/adult ratio is not favorable to adults? Forego your dreams of licking and savoring a scoop of mint chocolate chip or that sundae you’ve had on your mind.

No, I say cut your losses and GET YOURSELF A MILKSHAKE. Even when it gets a little melty, because you’ve just had to spend precious minutes away from your ice cream to strip down and hose off a child, you still have a sweet, delicious treat waiting for you when you return, almost entirely uncompromised, and it won’t spill or melt down your arm. You know, the one you’re using to pry them off the cow fence.

This strategy almost always works perfectly.

For more Best Shot Monday and perhaps more messy boys headover to Tracy’s for the full Best Shot Monday roundup.

Tags: black raspberry, children, cows, farms, ice cream cones, ice cream stands, messy boys, new england ice cream, Photography, summer