Do you hear the ice-cream man?

While having dinner, we heard a nice cheery music in our usually quiet and serene neighbourhood.

"The ice-cream man is here!" Everything was dropped, slippers picked up and the kids dashed out.
(We are usually very strict at meal times but because this is a rare treat, (summer is ending soon) we just let go. Strict parenting need not be legalistic, kids still need their childhood).

You see, the ice-cream man don't come often and no one will know when he will come but when he does come, the whole neighbourhood comes alive! He is not the kind of ice-cream man who rings his bells and cycles around, selling ice-cream in cone, ice-cream sandwiched between a bread or ice-cream in a cup.
This ice-cream man drives a van, plays cheery loud music and whips up sundaes, banana splits with generous whipped cream and much more....


The cheery ice-cream van. Quite different isn't it.

Simple pleasures in life are the best!