Mommie Cooks is in the house!!!!
Today is my very first guest blogger. I’m so thrilled to bring you a super cool and exciting Mommy/Foodie Blogger by the name of Julie over at Mommie Cooks. And why now, are you wondering, do I have a guest blogger? Well I’m just bursting to tell you. We have some very exciting news around here at Ma, What’s For Dinner. The boys and I are off to shoot a television pilot inspired by our blog and cookbook! So cross your fingers that we’ll be popping up on TV screens near you soon. In the meantime I’ve lined up a series of gals that should keep you more than satisfied. I hope you enjoy them, I know you will, I adore them.
First up… 
She’s the best. Great recipes, awesome photography, and three adorable little boys. So without further delay, heeeeeeeeeeeere’s Julie….
When Alex asked me if I wanted to guest blog over at her site, I was thrilled to have the opportunity! You see, I sort of view Alex as my “foodie” sister. We have so many things in common; we both have three boys, we both love to cook and eat, our boys even share a birthday! She’s a great blogging buddy with an incredible site to boot and I’m so thrilled to have met her and gotten to know her better over the past couple of months. Thanks so much Alex for letting me spend a day on your blog!
With the start of summer officially here, I thought it might be fun to blog a bit about my memories of summer growing up in the Midwest. Do you have any favorite memories of summer from your childhood? It might be strawberry picking with your brothers and sisters, or playing at the pool with your friends. Perhaps the annual vacation to the beach, or maybe it’s just playing outside with the neighborhood kids well into the evening hours.
One of my favorite memories from my childhood was the neighborhood ice cream man. I can remember playing outside with the neighbor kids, usually some form of kick the can or freeze tag, when the familiar tune of the ice cream man would start singing through the streets. All the kids would immediately stop whatever game we were playing, run to our respective homes, and proceed to frantically beg for “just a dollar, PLEeeASE” to get our hands on some of that ice cold goodness.
Once our parents relented, and they almost always did, we’d go running back to the street, chasing after the truck with the sweet tune, already formulating the exact piece of ice cream we planned to buy. Such sweet memories. Here’s a picture of my my brother, a couple neighborhood kids and myself after successfully chasing the ice cream man down. My brother and I are the two in the middle.
I love that, in the neighborhood I live in, the ice cream man still comes today. My kids get to hear that same sweet tune I heard as a kid. The neighborhood still runs to their parents for a dollar and the lines still form to get some of that ice cold goodness. The choices may be a little different today than they were when I was a kid, but the memory is still the same and I’m glad that my children are able to experience a little bit of the same happy memory that I had as a child. What are your childhood memories of summer?
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Good Luck Alex…I hope we’ll all be able to say “We Knew you When…” Welcome Julie!
I remember vacations in the mountains, riding on my dad’s boat, hanging out in our backyard pool…walking to Dairy Queen for ice cream….
YAY for growing up in the Midwest! Me, too!
alex….how exciting for you!!! can’t wait to see it!! keep us all informed when and where to look.
mommie cooks….grew up in the midwest (ohio) myself. sounds like we had the same childhood. i was always outside playing in the neighborhood, and the ice cream man came often. thank goodness he too comes to my kiddos (not the same one) while they’re playing outside too!
Look at all you Midwestern gals!! The ice cream man never came to my neighborhood. Now I feel neglected. And the only time my kids ever saw the ice cream man was when we are on vacation on Cape Cod and the man comes to the beach like every 15 minutes!!! I’ve heard him a time or two in our new neighborhood so hopefully my kids will grow up with him now….
Thanks to Julie for her awesome guest post!!! Isn’t she great. Be sure to and check out her blog!
Lots of yummy love,
Alex aka Ma, What’s For Dinner
Hi Alex, Julie,
Alex, this is my first time here. You have a lovely blog. I will have to return to read your posts. All the best with your TV pilot.
Julie, thanks for sharing your childhood memories. What a cute picture! Great post!
Biren
We only had the ice cream man in Illinois – in Minnesota and Wisconsin I’ve never seen one. So sad.
We were a big water balloon/ squirt gun summer kinda house growing up.
Alex that is SO exciting! I can’t wait to hear how it went! I love guest bloggers so thanks for bringing us one!
Wow! Good luck, Alex! How exciting!!
We have the ice cream truck – but the kids know they only get to have something on Fridays. Even the ice cream man knows. He doesn’t even bother coming up our street unless it’s Friday! And then the kids mob the truck. Some take two seconds to pick something out, others take 10 minutes!
a memory of summer that stands out is eating ripe mangoes. peeling it with my hands, juices running down to my chin. it’s just not summer if we dont eat mangoes
Great guest post. Alex, best of luck with your tv pilot. Hope it is a hit.
Cheers!
Yes, we had ice cream trucks and now there is an annoying one that trolls through our neighborhood in Colorado! I am from Phoenix and my childhood memory is all about being in the pool and allllll the games we played in the pool. Ahhhh!
Man, this is making me wish I could go on summer vacation. It all sounds so wonderful.
Can I borrow your kids for a water balloon fight? I’ll bring pie and rice krispie treats!
How exciting! I can’t wait to see it and I will be like I know her! Great guest post!
We used to run like maniacs to get the ice cream truck! lol! i haven’t seen one in years but our first house did have a truck come around. Unfortunately, the ice cream man smoked and so his truck was smokey. needless to say, we didn’t like the kids getting ice cream from him.
good luck Alex and boys!!!! so cool!
Cannot wait to see you on TV!! Good luck!
I loved the ice cream man…I am kind of sad that thy are not around our area…my kids will never know the thrill of that truck coming…the music you could hear for blocks…Oh you took me back!