I scream, you scream, Sam screams for Ice Cream!

We promised Sam last night we would take him to get a snow cone. About the time we got in the car to go is about the time that the sky opened up and tried to drown us and all the other wretched people jonesing for a snow cone at 7:30 on a Wednesday night.

So... plan B.

Justin asked if there was anything at Orange Leaf that Sam could eat. I highly doubted it (we had taken a risk before and given him a little of the lactose free kind they advertise... and while I didn't notice any symptoms I still didn't want to risk it without knowing for sure I wasn't setting him up for a rash/ear infection party). So I looked up the allergen listings on my handy dandy iPhone....

They had two flavors that DIDN'T have milk listed as an allergen! Holy smokes!

I realize most of you don't understand how wonderful this is for us, but it just kills me that he doesn't get to experience things that other kids do. For the most part, he doesn't really notice (which is great!), but at birthday parties and gatherings where kids are eating ice cream and I'm left with the art of distraction or masking a popsicle as ice cream (or when cupcakes are busted out at parties and I have a graham cracker and dairy free icing waiting for Sam... who can CLEARLY see the other cupcakes :-( and he wants one).

But dang it, we had promised him a snow cone and couldn't deliver, and while he would have been fine with the back up plan of an ICEE from a gas station, it was so nice to find this treat he could have!

If you haven't been to Orange Leaf (or any other FroYo places), you start with a bowl, fill it with the frozen yogurt of your choosing, then top it with whatever you want, weigh it, and you pay by the ounce.

So I asked Sam if he wanted Pineapple or Orange. He said, "Not like Pineapple. Want Orange."

Then he helped pump it into the cup.

We got to the toppings and I asked if he wanted any fruit.

"No. Candy."
Me: "We'll get to the candy in a minute. Do you want blueberries? Strawberries? Kiwi?"
Sam: "No. Candy."

Well as you know, he can't have most of the candy. And he keeps pointing to all the chocolate candy. So I bust out my Go-Go Gadget distracting skills and ask, "Do you want marshmellows or gummy bears?"

Sam: "Yes."

LOL So we got marshmellows and gummy bears. And just as I was about to put the cup on the scale, he says, "My want strawbellies on it!"

So we also got him some strawberries.

We sat down to eat it and I'll let you all judge the popularity by the pictures and videos.

This next one is a video of him eating. For some reason, he just looked adorable to me eating his ice cream.  But then he started what I can only assume is dancing for joy towards the end.

I'm glad we had the opportunity to do this last night. It was super fun and very memorable.