the teeney-weeney

Hello again! This entry is a bit belated, but it's been a busy month. We celebrated my birthday at the beginning (a wonderful weekend full of little special things - thanks everybody!) and then we moved right into Penn State's spring break. We didn't really have any plans to go anywhere (that was coming a week later) but we did enjoy how nice and quiet State College is without all the undergrads around! We didn't do anything too special either- there was still work, and school, and chores, and the daily grind, but we DID manage to get out for a fun lunch at a local restaurant that we had never been to before. A cute little place with the whole 50s diner theme - quite tasty. One of their signature items is the "teeny-weeny" - a miniature ice cream sundae. We just had to try them and when the waitress only brought two, I graciously let Hayden eat mine. :) (okay, I might have snuck the cherry, and I might have scooped out the couple bites of hot fudge, but she got the rest...)

Anyway, Hayden's introduction to a teeny-weeny was captured on camera (of course!). There's not much to it (toddler meets ice cream, they fall in love) but the pictures are really cute. Jason even took a video but it's just Hayden very carefully scooping ice cream into her mouth so I'll keep that one to ourselves. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as Hayden enjoyed her teeny-weeny!

What a cool looking treat mom - is this how I dig in?
(turns out, the ice cream was pretty hard and she couldn't quite get a scoop...)

Sometimes you need a Daddy-hand to help get you started...

Okay, so mom stole the cherry, maybe I can try and taste it on my own.

Such concentration!!!
Now I'm getting the hang of it - this stuff is GOOD!

Do you think she has her mouth open wide enough?!!!!
When she was a baby, how wide her mouth was told how us much she liked a new food. I'm going to guess that she REALLY likes her teeny-weeny.

Working hard to scrap out the last little bits...
YUM!