mango gelato

madelyn had her first 'ice cream' cone tonight topped with mango gelato. we let her taste pineapple and mango before asking her to choose. it wasn't that big of a surprise that she chose mango - it has been her favorite fruit for some time now. i just recently got her some dried mango (because the fresh is difficult to come by this time of year up here) and she loves it! otherwise she has been eating it canned since last fall when we last got some decent mangoes.

anyway, we went to go check out a local "art crawl" tonight but there wasn't much going on because of continuous rain all day today. since we were already down there we decided to take madelyn for a gelato treat (okay mom and dad got treats too). she was a little hesitant at first and ate most of it with a little spoon (go figure). we finally got her to actually lick it instead of sucking it off the cone. i think that she might have gotten a little brain freeze once or twice from the expression she gave. i couldn't decide which picture was my favorite for the post so i put several for your viewing pleasure.

she had a lot of fun just looking at all the night time business lights and people watching as we strolled around for a few blocks. we stopped in a book store to listen to a harpist (i think she was 13 - 15 years old). madelyn was really into it. she sat on my lap while we listened and let out a very quite "yea" when the harpist paused between pieces. and when i spoke in a normal volume to tell matt something she put her finger to her lips and gave me a gentle "shhhh".

all and all a nice evening to a nice day together. love.