Food tastes better when your eyes are closed

Today after story time at the library, we decided to go to Target to get some supplies. During the car ride, Little Squirt and I discussed where to eat lunch. Her first choice was the snack bar at Target. I do like eating at Target if they have Pizza Hut pizza (Super Target), however, the Target we were going to microwaves little frozen pizzas and they just aren't as good. LS finally suggested she would like to eat at Applebee's and she would eat teeny tiny cheeseburgers. I was happy.

When we got to our booth, Little Squirt hit her ear when she fell into the table. At this point, our adventure went sour. The good news was she didn't scream....she just snuggled and whimpered. The bad news...this lasted for a LONG time. She insisted on ordering 2 cheeseburgers for her lunch. I thought one would have been sufficient, but she strongly disagreed when I suggested that to the waitress. Since we were already in a precarious situation, we ordered two.

When the food arrived (I had spinach salad and tomato basil soup, in case you're wondering) she still had her eyes closed, however, her mood improved somewhat. Believe it or not, she ate both cheeseburgers... with her eyes....closed. She quietly squawked like a bird each time she wanted a bite, and I put the burger up to her mouth. She also drank most of her chocolate milk in this manner.

As we were walking toward the car after our meal, she opened her eyes and was back to her old self. I'm wondering if she'll now close her eyes every time we go to Applebee's.

We bought party hats and party favors for LS's birthday party. She is pretty excited about her party. We're having her party at McDonald's with her friends and she is hoping for a Tom and Jerry birthday cake. We'll see if we can pull that one off.

It rained all day long. No soccer. Bummer!