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August 13, 2023

Family Vacation + Rise of the Ice Cream Mom

I’m just returning from a family vacation (sort of!) with my parents. I say sort of because my parents occasionally come out to New Hampshire to housesit a friend’s house in late summer/fall – and I occasionally invite myself to also come along. This time, I gave them a week of solitude before I came to crash their party of two. My offer is that when I come, I’ll pretend to be their personal chef to make it more of a win-win for all involved. And personal chef, I did! TikTok recap here.

Halfway through, I had a weird moment where I realized this could be my last “family vacation” as I’ve known it with my parents. My husband and I are starting to ever so slightly dip our toe into the thought of starting a family of our own, which obviously won’t happen overnight, but has been on my mind. A lot.

And it got me thinking that soon – maybe this trip, maybe another – might be my last trip as an only child daughter on vacation with her parents. Almost like the official end to childhood. And that’s a weird thought.

Not a bad one – just more of a ‘life is changing’ observation. And an ‘I’m really going to miss this’ reflection. So a lot of this trip for me has been trying to soak in the time with my parents, taking note of all the things that make family vacation with my parents a typical ‘family vacation with the parents’ (characterized by a lot of dysfunctional moments).

Ice Cream Mom is the new Almond Mom

On a somewhat relevant but also not note – it wouldn’t be a true family vacation without me roasting my parents at least once. I’m very much a 3 meals a day girl or else I get hangry, whereas my mom is more of an “I had a big breakfast, I’m not going to need much else today” gal. There was one day where I was starving and my mom suggested ice cream. It made me laugh, and I made a TikTok about how the ice cream mom is the new almond mom. Wowee, did it take off in a way I did not expect! I’ll drop it below. At the time I’m publishing this, it’s up to over 3 million views and nearly 300,000 likes. The people can relate!

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POV: I feel like an ogre for wanting three meals a day on family vacation. #familyvacation #almondmom

♬ original sound – North Valley Group

It’s been so fun (mostly) watching the banter in the comment section from those who are either on my side or self-identifying as fellow ‘ice cream moms’. I haven’t told my mom that she has 300,000+ new fans – and I don’t know if I ever will. Either way, I think I owe her some ice cream.  

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