I've thought about going full out and doing a little topping bar for the kids to come and add to their ice cream as their own, but 1) they're small still and overestimate their limits, and 2) school is in two days and I don't want them oversugared and puking.
So instead we went to the local candy shop (Powell's) and let the kids pick out a small bag of gummies and chocolate for their toppings. Going to Powell's is a fun experience on it's own, a modern style Wonka type shop with every treat available. Calen picked sour gummy worms, chocolate sea shells, green sixlets and a gummy cheeseburger. Cam chose gummy sharks, Swedish fish, red sixlets and a gummy pizza for his ice cream.
Then we sat outside in the nice patio area and I got the kids GIANT gummy snake for the boys to share, and I introduced them to Pop Rocks (it freaked them out).
Once they were sugared up, we went to our favorite local bookstore and the kids read a picture book and then each picked out a chapter book (okay, Cams was more like a comic chapter book), then came home and went right to the pool until dinner time. And it's not hard to drag kids out of the pool when you say ICE CREAM for dinner.
Our family movie of choice was Harry and the Hendersons. This was my favorite movie as a kid and the kids loved it, especially when Harry destroys the house. They ate their ice cream on the floor (with some pizza bites...a lesson learned form last year, they need salt to go with all that sugar) and had an all around great evening.
It's one of my new favorite traditions we have for back to school. You have to go out with a bang after all.
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