It’s finally happened.

The children have made a connection between the van blaring creepy music up and down the street and the jovial Greek guy inside handing out snow cones, bomb pops, fudgesicles and orange cream bars. Parents unite! It’s time to booby trap the ice cream truck once and for all. He passed by our house about ten minutes before dinner…he just might be headed your way!

Parenting tip of the day:

Do not warn your children that if they leave crumbs behind, the bugs will come. Said children will scatter their dinner throughout the house and lie in wait with a magnifying glass.

From beneath some anthill in Simsbury, one can hear the blissful jubilation of a creepy and crawly colony dining on roasted vegetables, rice pilaf and chicken au vin.