Vanilla with Rainbow Sprinkles

As you will see from this post, a love of reading is on the very short list of legacies we are working to pass onto our children.

(Looking at that list now, I would add two more things:
an inclination for music and enjoying physical activity.)

So when Mermaid Princess finished her first big girl book (no pictures - complex language structure - somewhere around 40 pages), she received:

her very first certificate of accomplishment,

a date with her Daddy,


and an Ice Cream Cone
(a huge treat in a home with dairy allergies).

I'll let you guess what flavor she chose.

It was a hallmark day for all of us, and I can't think of a better reward than some special time with Daddy over a delectable treat. My turn next!