Summer Solstice

Happy Summer Solstice, everyone.  A day to be celebrated, the longest day of the year.

Yesterday the kids got ice balls from Sweet Tooth, a long-awaited treat.  They ate part in the store, then we had to leave to get Nora across the river for softball practice.  Not always easy with all the construction traffic.

There was the happy sound of spoons "slushing" the ice until, about five minutes later, there was a spill, followed by tears from Aaron.  You have to understand the eating of ice balls to fully understand this - it takes lots of "slushing" to get it just right, and it was finally just right.  We pulled into Speedway for a Slushee bandaid, no where near the same and both kids agreed that it didn't taste good after the ice balls.  The point, though, was an acknowledgment of the importance of the disappointment.  And a bag of Combos to munch on as we went on our way.