Ice Cream Truck

As predicted in last night’s posting, I was able to get my three grandchildren and their cousin, ages 5–11, outside working in the garden. For a while I was busy keeping all four of them working. Then my youngest grandson lost interest in garden work and went in to play video games on the computer. My granddaughter also went in the house somewhere so that left the two oldest boys and me working in the front yard garden planting some new flowers that I had received yesterday.

Suddenly the familiar sound of the ice cream truck was heard. My oldest grandson, although growing up in rural Shawano country where there are no ice cream trucks on the road, immediately recognized the sound. I said yes, and the three of us still working in the garden were planning on stopping the truck when it came by. Soon my young granddaughter came out of the house. I do not think she recognized the sound, having spent all her life in a rural area, but she knew something was up. Since she came out we decided to send her in the house to get my other grandson to come out so we could all enjoy a treat delivered by the woman driving the ice cream truck.

We got our ice cream, and as I went back to work on the front lawn garden I noticed the four children sitting on the stairs in front of the house laughing, talking, and enjoying their treats. The scene made me feel a sense of nostalgia for the “good old days” when the sound of the ice cream truck was a welcome one for children, and a time to stop life and just enjoy a treat and each other.

After this time-out, all four stayed out awhile, but eventually the youngest grandson went back to the computer and my granddaughter to play imaginary games in the grass. The two boys and I continued for a time and then retired inside for computer games, TV and making dinner.

So another advantage of having a front lawn garden is that you are more likely to be working in the garden when the ice cream woman cometh.

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