Ice Cream!

A movie would have been priceless. We usually opt for bowls instead of ice cream cones, but Jim got some sugar cones at the store the other day so....
First, I should mention that the kids had just come in from outside and done diaper changes so since we were so close to bed time the kids had no clothes...just diapers.
Secondly, keep in mind that two year olds are not bound by social norms. Eating the scoop off the top and then the cone is not necessarily the order that a two year old chooses.
Thirdly, one of my favorite sayings is that "Common sense is not common." Things like eating a hole in the side of your cone so that it allows the ice cream to leak out isn't a cause and effect sequence that you think about when you're two. Things like eating all the way around a scoop to keep it from dripping also is a learned strategy.
Fourthly, two year olds aren't particularly fast at eating ice cream (at least mine aren't). They get excited about the whole ice cream thing which means that they mess around in their excitement. It was also very sweet because they were really getting into sharing so mommy got a bite, Jo got several bits, etc.
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Andy did reasonably well with a bit of guidance. Doug needed daddy to "help" with the cone (mostly in the form of catching up with drips off the side he wasn't eating from) and in the end Doug needed a wet washcloth on not only his face and hands but also his chest, thighs, and clear down to his ankles.