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Nice work if you can get it

When I went to the grocery store the other day (without children) I finally had time to check out all the frozen non-dairy desserts. In the past, the soy ice cream said things like, "May contain almonds and peanuts." This time, it said, "Strict quality control measure in an effort to prevent contamination by undeclared food allergens." They actually test to try to make sure there is no contamination. I know some parents would not be satisfied by that, but it's more than good enough for me.

So what ice cream do you start a 3 year old on who has never had ice cream before? Chocolate decadence? strawberry? I finally settled on vanilla and some ice cream bars. Yesterday I finally gave her one of the ice cream bars---Neapolitan. She only liked the strawberry, and she was distressed that the cookie part kept coming off on her fingers. Afterwards she said, "Eating that ice cream sure was hard work!"

One more story: lately, she's been waking up in the middle of the night, and we go in to snuggle with her as she goes back to sleep. I was snuggling with her last night and she seemed to be asleep, so I whispered "are you asleep?" (If you try to leave while she's partly awake, sometimes she gets upset and wakes herself all up again, so you have to start over.) She nodded, and whispered, "Yes. Yes I am asleep."
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