Thursday, August 21, 2014

End of summer lunch dates

I took each of the big kids out to lunch this week to celebrate the end of summer.  I let them pick the restaurant and have whatever they wanted.  Predictably, few fruits and vegetables (as in none) were part of their selections.

Dash wanted a biscuit and a donut so we went to Rise.  I managed to convince him to have bacon and cheese on his biscuit so at least there was a little bit of protein involved.  He was very excited to pick out a donut, and he excitedly chose a cinnamon twist ("because it has cim-a-non AND sugar, mommy!  And that is better than just cim-a-non by itself").

As he ate it, he said "Hey, Mommy!  This donut looks like a challah because it is braided and twisty!  It also looks like a brain!"


Ella got an additional treat as I promised her we could pick out a new dress for the first day of school.  We somehow ended up with three new dresses, followed by a lunch of cheeseburgers and french fries (topped off with a donut).  For a girl who can take nearly an hour to eat her fruit at breakfast, the speed at which she can inhale a hamburger is pretty impressive.