Part of Slice of Life by Two Writing Teachers March Slice a Day Challenge! I’m slicing every day this month. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
I was about to get myself some vegan pineapple whip at the Sweet Frog, when I overheard my son at the counter.
“Can I have 10 taster cups, please?”
My mom radar went up and I walked over, making sure everyone knew this was not a sanctioned request.
“Um…” I said, shaking my head.
But the young lady behind the counter had already handed him a stack.
“I’m just going to do the thing with all the flavors in a cup.” H told me.
And then decided to be supportive of his creativity instead of annoyed.
“Well, get a bigger cup then, to fit all those in.” I told him. “And, you’ll have to do it slowly and not get mad if it gets messed up…” I tried to warn him to make sure this didn’t turn into a perfectionist’s nightmare of overflowing froyo.
I shouldn’t have worried though, he wasn’t really listening to my warning, but I watched him carefully and meticulously get 8 taster size cups full of different flavors, trying to make a rainbow. There was no purple, but luckily there was a pink and blue you could mix together.
This was going a little slower than I thought it would… so as I gave him the spoon he needed to mix his purple, I said, “I can’t wait until you thank me when you are a grown-up.” He just rolled his eyes.
I watched him move to the toppings bar, and thoughtfully choose a matching topping for each cup. “Definitely a kiwi. Maybe a Hershey Kiss. Oh, this would look good. Maybe a complimentary color.”
He placed his on the scale, and I took a picture. Then he realized he should add a matching sauce to each. Again, there was no purple — so he had to use white fudge a lot more than he originally wanted.
“Now can I take a picture?” I asked. And I looked at the young lady ringing us up. “Do you, uh, get a lot of people doing this?”
She just shook her head, eyes wide. “No. I never…”
We walked out, my daughter and I with our regular old sorbet with toppings strewn about and my son with his perfectly arranged, color-coded, rainbow taste test creation.
“It’s just something I’ve always wanted to do.” He said.
And that, my friends, is how you make spring break dreams come true.

This slice made me smile!
Love it!!!
Wow, he really thought that one through, looks fantastic!
You made a dream come true with just one quick decision to be supportive! Well played!
Maybe Spring Break gave you the extra patience to see your son’s idea through. I could just see you sidling over next to him as he started in on his order – ready to nip it in the bud.
I love that he wanted just the right photo for this slice and that you shared it with him!
This is genius! I have spent a lot of time in the fro-yo place waiting for my daughter to make a decision. I’ll never have to do that again! Now I know how she can have them all.
ooo. This slice made my day (or should I say evening:)
You have one creative kid & you are a wonderful, supportive parent.
Excellent way to enjoy a Spring day.
BTW, did you say Spring? We have mound of snow here. Want to trade? LOL
Purviben
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