You Shouldn’t Play With Your Food...

Today, I took my kids to lunch...  As we walked in the door, I did the same routine I do everytime we walk into a restaurant... 

I remind them that we are in a restaurant and that I want "Restaurant Behavior"...  Then I shake my finger at them and give them "The Look"...

Then, we go in, order and have a seat... I try to always choose a table as far away from the other diners as possible...  We sit, and I continue to give "The Look" whenever the noise level gets too high, or they start playing with their straws, or pretty much any movement...  Yup, you move too much and you’re gonna get "The Look"... 

I also do this thing where I snap my fingers... If you act up, I say your name just once, and I snap...  If we get to that point, you’re in quite a bit of trouble...

So needless to say, my kids really try to be good... Cause no one wants the dreaded "Snap"...

Today, was pretty much the same... We went through the routine... I ordered for everyone, and we found a table in some hidden corner...  The kids were on their absolute best behavior, and I was really pleased with them...  The food comes and we all start eating...

Kaylynn ordered a chicken quesadilla, Dustin 2 cheese enchiladas, and Pudgie decided on a hambuger and fries...

So, Pudgie pulls his burger apart and slowly eats every pickle he can find... Then he starts putting his pickle chips on his tounge and making holes in them... So, he gets "The Look"...

He stops and starts whining that there’s no ketchup on his burger... So in my attempt to stop the whining, I take the ketchup bottle, whip it upside down, and draw the most awesome, amazing, cutsie, smilie face I can muster... (Who says I’m not an artist...)

He loves it and starts laughing... Now, I don’t mean little giggles... NOOOO.... I’m talking jelly belly, rolling, head thrown back laughter... 

Well, we all know that laughter is contagious... So what do I do... I start busting up... Kaylynn and Dustin start in as well... So, now this table of well behaved children and their Mom, (Who by the way should be in complete control of this situation but clearly is not)  are acting like a bunch of drunk teenagers...

At this point, between the laughing, he says," Do it again Mama."

So, what do I do... I cover the bun with smilie faces, and the burger and the bottom side of the bun... So now, looking back up at my 5 year old are three crazy smilie faces on what should be his lunch...

Then, what do I do... I grab 3 tortilla chips... All perfectly triangular of course, and systematically draw faces on them too... Then the kids name them, and I realize that I have just undone all the good manners that, at the beginning of this meal, were so important to me...

People were staring, and we kept laughing... And I realized, that it shouldn’t matter... I, for once left that restaurant happy, smiling and not stressed at all... I didn’t care what others thought, cause really, what’s the chances that they will ever see me again... Ha...

So, of course I had so much fun, I had to take photos to share with everyone...

I posted them in my pics... Check ’em out...  Comment if you want...

And remember, you’re only as old as you feel...