Dinners Out
A few months ago, Luke hit a very difficult phase for eating in restaurants. He wasn't easily entertained, wouldn't stay in a high chair, would run around etc. Either David or I would end up wolfing down our food and carrying him around. So we've been mostly going to fast-casual places with counter service. In those places it's not so bad if Luke wanders around a bit, and it's much faster. But last night, Emmett wanted to go to Red Robin. We decided to go for it - Luke likes coloring now and they have crayons, so maybe it would work out.
It actually wasn't bad. Luke did many circuits of ducking under the table, crawling out and climbing up his high chair, and then climbing into my lap. He colored a little, and even ate some dinner. A couple of times he wanted to take a walk to go see a carousel horse that is a decoration in the restaurant. He signed "horse" and said, "Nay!!" Neither David nor I had to inhale our dinners, and Luke was mostly quiet, if a little active.
When I said to David that I thought it was much better than last time, he said "Yeah, kind of like how a filling is much better than a root canal. One is merely unpleasant while the other is excruciating."
It actually wasn't bad. Luke did many circuits of ducking under the table, crawling out and climbing up his high chair, and then climbing into my lap. He colored a little, and even ate some dinner. A couple of times he wanted to take a walk to go see a carousel horse that is a decoration in the restaurant. He signed "horse" and said, "Nay!!" Neither David nor I had to inhale our dinners, and Luke was mostly quiet, if a little active.
When I said to David that I thought it was much better than last time, he said "Yeah, kind of like how a filling is much better than a root canal. One is merely unpleasant while the other is excruciating."
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