Last Thursday was an unseasonably warm day, and since we were home together, I thought Sweet P and I would get out and about beyond the (wonderful) greenway off our street. I had some errands to run and thought it might be fun to explore “5 Points,” a nearby arts and shopping area with lots of independent shops and restaurants. 5 Points is about a ten minute drive from our house. We parked the car, got Sweet P settled into the “umbroller” aka “umbrella stroller” and off we went! First we had a package to deliver to the post office. It’s a lot of fun to have little ones help with the routine things in life like that. (And if they see you writing, even better!).
Sweet P helped me to deliver the package to the blue box, then we started to head toward the library, where we had a CD on reserve. But first, we ran in to a friend! Since everyone was out enjoying the beautiful weather, it wasn’t too surprising. “Butters” was out for a bike-ride with his boston terrier, Margot, in tow…like seriously, in tow! She was in one of those bike/stroller attachment things for kids that people pull behind their bikes. It was pretty ridiculous – AND AWESOME! Sweet P was thrilled to see her, and Margot returned the affection!
After that excitement, we hit the library. One downside of strolling with the stroller is that the main entrance to our library has quite a few stairs, so I had to carry Sweet P in the stroller inside. Not terrible on the way in, but a little more scary on the way out! She and I checked out the small but completely adequate kids’ section. We love to read a few books we don’t have at home whenever we can! Her attention span is still a little short for the required quiet of the library, so after a few books, we got our reserved CD and moved on.
I wanted to stop at this cute little local, green shop called the Green Wagon before coming home. I have been in there a few times, but not from the perspective of a mom. It is a neat store with the ability to create homemade, organic cleaning products (which completely appeals to me), and has a wide variety of organic and local items that seem especially perfect for gifts. They also had some very reasonably priced kids’ clothes (for an independent store like that), plus some pretty sweet vintage gear for grown-ups outside on the porch! I wish we weren’t so poor…there were a few things I had my eye on! But, the “window shopping” was great, and we headed home for naptime. On the way back to the car, I couldn’t help but notice people enjoying their Las Paletas popsicles outside of Bongo Java. What a treat on such a splendid day! We continued home, anyway.
Hubby had to take a licensing test at work that day and they let him go early! We ended up back at the house at the same time, got Sweet P down for her nap, and enjoyed some quiet time together. Once Sweet P was up, I told him she said “popsicle!” Okay, she can’t say “popsicle”, nor does she know what a popsicle is, and he didn’t really fall for it. BUT, he did get that I wanted a popsicle, and I thought it would be fun for Sweet P to try her first lick of a sweet treat! We had been debating a walk on the greenway or a trip to the park to swing, but we ended up back in 5 points!
Las Paletas has a free-standing store in 12th South, but they sell some of their popsicles around town, including to Bongo Java, a local coffee shop (now a small local chain). They have the most delicious flavors with interesting twists – if you have never had a Mexican popsicle I highly recommend them! Of course I was hesitant to get one of the delicious flavors with chili to share with Sweet P., so it was between a frozen fruit posicle with strawberry and blueberry combined, or a creamy avocado popsicle. You might think I’m crazy, but I went avocado, and I stand by that decision! It was SO yummy! (Not that I got to eat very much of it). I though we’d share it, but Sweet P went to town on that sucker! Hubby tried to get a video of her first popsicle experience but the iPod failed us (okay it was probably my fault…I need to delete some videos). I was REALLY sad when there was only a second of video on it, but we did get some sweet pictures! We ended up enjoying it on a blanket in the greenspace next to I Dream of Weenie, and two friends that were out at Beyond the Edge came over for a visit. It was so great to see so many people we knew out and about! After the popsicle, Sweet P practiced walking around the greenspace and just had a great day!
Oh, and FYI, I think our popsicle ran us about $2. Not too bad! Here is a pic of Sweet P enjoying her avocado popsicle and practicing walking with her papa and mama!
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