You can 't go wrong with ice cream on a sizzling day. 
All by its lonesome scooped into a cone or dish, it's probably summer's most popular treat.
What do you need in a Sunday afternoon to turn the store-bought ice cream into something really special and FUN?



    
                                                First, and most importantly:
   
                                                - a 13-year-old  very enthusiastic boy;

                                                Then,

                                                - different kinds of store-bought ice cream;
                                                - crispy homemade cookies;
                                                - your mom's strawberry jam;
                                                - a touch of fresh mint 

                                                                    and 

                                                    lots of, lots of LOVE.



Let's start with my favorite frozen dessert: chocolate ice cream with chocolate drizzling and hazelnut shavings.





Our 'specialties' are ice cream sandwiches –

 strawberry-vanilla ice cream sandwiched between chocolate cookies and strawberry sauce.







 I love this combinatin of easy -to- make melon ice cream sandwiches between simple oatmeal cookies garnished with pieces of melon and hazelnut.






No surprise, my son's favorite sandwich blends together ice cream with caramel pecans between homemade chocolate chip cookies topped with whipped cream, chocolate sauce and chocolate sprinkles.





         Yes, we didn't quite eat them all fast enough before they started to melt
 but
 how little did we need for an incredible indulgent  experience !!!

Nothing says summer like ice cream, so treat yourself and your family with these cold comforts and sure, they will bring out the kid in anyone.
We did it
and it was a day of  JOY 
and
Simple Pleasures !
         
 
          
Keep it cool,  dear FRIENDS!
Enjoy your SUMMER
because


“Every man makes his own summer "
                  -- Robertson Davies, “Three Worlds, Three Summers,” The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies