Ice Cream

Rachel, one of Zaheeda's daycare moms gave her a coupon for a free Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Here Annah is at Lunds picking up her mom's ice cream and a couple other odds n' ends.

Ice cream

When it's time to leave the playground there are a limited number of options one faces in getting Annah to leave without throwing a tantrum. One is you can lie and say, "C'mon Annah we're going to go find some other swings to go on..." When in fact there are no other swings and you hope she falls asleep in the stroller before you get home. The other is to try and entice her with some comparable activity such as, "Annah do you want to go see if we can find some buses!" Then walk home and point out every bus you see and act really excited, like seeing a city bus is equivalent to spotting a flying saucer or something. The final alternative is to offer a treat. Being that DQ is right across the street from the playground, I opted for the path of least resistance.