When we brought Mirei home from the hospital, we had a gift “from the baby” prepared for Mio, to help warm her up to Mirei and all the big changes she’d bring with her. We picked out this adorable ice cream toy set, knowing her love for ice cream and play food!

Sure enough, it was a huge hit and she has been playing with her ice cream shoppe every day since!

Mio playing with her new toy from Mirei
Mio playing with her new ice cream toy

 

Mio playing with her new ice cream toy
Looking sheepishly through the “shop window”

 

Mio playing with her new ice cream toy
Love how the box functions as part of the toy!

 

Mio playing with her new toy from Mirei
“Cheers!” with ice cream cones.

 

Mio playing with her new ice cream toy
Doing a little dance with her ice cream.

 

Mio playing with her new toy from Mirei
Mio said “Thank you Mirei” and made an ice cream cone for her, too!

 

The real treat came this past weekend, though, when we rewarded for a great first week as a big sister! While she’s had her bouts of jealousy, as well as tantrums and meltdowns as a result, I can tell Mio’s trying her best to be a good sister and I wanted to make sure she knew that she was still our special first baby.

Treating Mio to ice cream
Getting treated to real ice cream… pure bliss!