Ice Cream Social: A Summer Day in the Life with the S Family

Eighteen summers. There was an article floating around this summer posted to many moms’ Facebook pages that reminded moms and dads that the summers we have with our children don’t last forever. Inside of that, there’s something magical in those first summers of parenthood, seeing the excitement in the eyes of your child who is truly experiencing summer for the first time. And for parents, it’s an excuse to blow bubbles, build sandcastles, run barefoot through the grass, bringing back the best parts of our own childhood. Can you imagine what it felt like to see a butterfly for the first time? Or the taste of your very own ice cream cone? I do now, because I got to do it all over again with my boys. You forget how childhood has it’s own brand of magic, in the simplest of ways. I remember packing lunches for the beach with my then two-year-old and thinking, “wow, I forgot how good a peanut butter and jelly tastes!” It tastes like childhood.

So I was beyond excited to join this adorable family on their trip to Royal Crown ice cream shop in Hammonton, NJ. We may only have 18 summers with out kids, but there’s only a few of them when a boy can proudly wear chocolate ice cream all over his face and still be cute. This boy has that covered. He loves bubbles and Octonauts, but I think he loves ice cream (and his mom and dad!) most of all.