Every time we went to the neighborhood park, my then 2 year old son would play "Ice Cream Store".  He would set himself up behind the little window under the play structure and start serving ice cream.  Pieces of mulch served as the ice cream AND the money and we would play over and over again.  Sometimes my older son would drag giant branches over to the little window that would be REALLY BIG ice creams.  This play continued all year, at every playground we would visit (come to find out, they all had similar little windows). 

So when it came time for me to decide what to get him for Christmas, I started looking for a little ice cream play set.  Little did I know that this toy I bought would become everyone's favorite toy (and therefor MY absolute favorite toy).  Not only did my 2 year old love it, but he and his 4 year old brother played with it together for so long that Christmas morning! And then we took it to our extended family's...