Suckers and Ice Cream...what more do you need in life?!?

Yes, we are those parents who let our kids eat suckers, probably too often...and ice cream...probably too much!!!  But hey, they are kids, and they are enjoying life and having fun:)!!  While they both LOVE suckers and ice cream, the difference between Nolan and Mason eating them is like night and day, just like their personalities...and it's so funny to watch!! 
Nolan can't stand to get his hands dirty as well as his face, and gets totally grossed out when his sucker stick starts to get wet from his own drool, or when his ice cream starts to drip from melting.  As soon as this happens, he's done.  Even if we get him cleaned up along with the sucker stick, or help him w/ his ice cream, he just decides "I'm done."  So needless to say he doesn't end up eating much of his suckers or his ice cream, even if it is just a little "dum-dum" sucker...which is fine w/ us!!!
Mason on the other hand, is a completely different story...he refuses to let us help him, and will be covered from head to toe w/ either ice cream, or sticky sucker!!!  And it never phases him...he gets mad if you try to wipe him off, especially if you're interrupting him while in the middle of eating...DON'T MESS with his suckers or his ice cream or you will get the wrath!!!  Which is usually similar to the sound of a screeching pterodactyl, if I had to guess what one sounded like!!!  He's so independent and has to do EVERYTHING himself.  As you can see, we have many more pictures of him eating suckers and ice cream than Nolan because like I said, he gets much further along in the process than Nolan:)!
Recently we went to the zoo and the boys picked out HUGE butterfly suckers.  Nolan gave his up within about 10 minutes...we thought Mason would do the same when we got to the petting zoo, but no such luck.  He wanted to go in the petting zoo w/ Nolan and Daddy, but refused to give up his sucker...no food in the petting zoo.  So, I had to stand there w/ the screeching pterodactyl AND his sucker that he didn't want to give up, while he screeched b/c he couldn't pet the goats.  Each time I tried to tell him he couldn't go in unless he gave me his sucker, he'd clench it even more, and he would stick more of it to his face.  We went through the whole zoo w/ that sucker, and put him in his car seat w/ that sucker!!!  He ended up falling asleep w/ it in his hand...I had to pry it out of his hand while he was sleeping.  When he woke up, he was making a licking motion as if he still had the sucker...CRAZY kid!!!!  But that's why we love him!!!
The other sucker pictures are from a visit to Great Wolf Lodge...they chose suckers over ice cream.  And of course, they were the biggest suckers they had!!!
We recently just went to Ludington and the boys enjoyed ice cream a few days...it was very easy to just stick them in the lake for clean up!!!  Much easier to do on vacation than at home:)!