Rocks and an Ice cream truck

I have to say, there's adventure around every corner with Matt around.  He always coming up with cool things to do, such as buying a popsicle from the ice cream man and smashing rocks with a hammer to find quartz.  I am always astonished at the fun things he thinks of and Hayden loves everything they do.  After soccer practice today, we heard the ice cream man coming down the street.  I am normally not the person that would ever let my child buy ANYTHING from an ice cream truck, and I specifically remember telling a friend a couple weeks ago that he won't know what an ice cream truck is, but hey, you gotta live a little, right?  It turned out the guy was very nice, had his health department license posted in the window and took the time to read the ingredients on all of the packages to find a dairy-free popsicle.  Hayden got to hand the guy his money, give him a tip in his jar and say "Thank You" with no help aside from me lifting him high enough to reach.  I told the guy he would definitely see us in the near future for another treat.  As I write, Hayden is currently enjoying his massive red and blue popsicle that he will never finish and his hands are dyed blue!

After he bought his treat, Matt found a cool rock in front of our house that he said would have something inside of it.  He took Hayden into the garage, grabbed a hammer and a covering for the rock to make it safe for Hayden to be near it, and they started banging.  After a few good whacks, they discovered a cool redish interior inside the rock, and Hayden has since brought it inside to save.  I have a feeling that tomorrow after school, we will be searching the wash behind our house for more rocks to crack open and discover.  I love doing stuff like this with Hayden...it's like a little science experiment.