Snow cones

Six year olds should never be admonished to hold on to their snow cone real tight. The cup just can’t handle the six-year-old grip. Immediately you have a break in the cup lining, usually near the lower extremity, so the grape and blueberry syrup start dribbling onto the floor of the garage and continue into the kitchen and beyond. Other bloggers, such as Dallas Sports Powerhouse, have found one should never put snow cones in a Dixie cup because "the bottoms just can’t handle all the [child’s] constant straw poking to slurp the last bits," but that might be a University of Texas problem, as it was discovered at last weekend’s Longhorns home game. Regular, Northwest Austin snow cone cups are stronger, apparently, for straw poking has never been a noticeable problem. Meanwhile, while we were at the beach at Port A, the snow cone trailer disappeared from the nearby shopping center, so Mr. Boy’s snow cone days are over for another year.