Summer's over II?

I took these pictures last Tuesday. The weather forecast claimed it was going to be the last nice day of the week, which, at this point in September, easily could mean it would be one of the last few nice days until next spring, which we all know could mean mid-June up here.

I had brought a whole bunch of work home with me that night, so Jeff volunteered to get the kids out of the house, so that I could work quietly. But then I heard where he was taking them: Gordy's, for ice cream. Well, that sounded way more fun than what I needed to do. So I decided to take a trip through the denial zone, and join them.

We had "buy one get one free" (or in advertising jargon "BOGO") coupons for Gordy's Betty Boop Double Scoop ice cream cones.

Both of my children are way to young to have ever heard of Betty Boop. But they sure warmed to her quickly. Looking at AJ's face as the server handed over the double-wide mounds of ice cream (Superman flavor, of course), you'd swear it was Christmas. He gave this somewhat incredulous giggle, while, no doubt, trying to figure out what he'd done that was so good to earn him a reward like this.

And when the ice cream was done it was time to hit the playground. (Actually, there was so much ice cream that Mommy and Daddy got to finish the cones because the kids just couldn't wait to go play.) Afterall, if this was the last day of summer, we wanted to end it in style.

And then, what do you know? The forecast changed. We had a gorgeous week, including two days in a row of 80+ degree temps, which is about as nice as anything we experienced during this so-called summer.

Oh well. The ice cream and memories were definitely worth it!