Another dinner saga...

Yesterday Me: what do you want for dinner? Eleanor: burga frea fry ABC: mac n cheese Me: no burgers and I'm out of mac n cheese ABC: I need a cold dinner Eleanor: burga frea fryyyyyy ABC: how about ice cream? Eleanor: FREA FRYYYYYYYYYY ABC: green ice cream. Dinner must be cold Me: How about green ice cream after you eat dinner? ABC: sounds like a good plan Me: so what do you want? Eleanor: BURRRRGAAAAHHHH FREA FRYYYYYYYYYYYYY ABC: hey! I know! How about hamburgers and french fries Eleanor: FREA FRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Me: How about hot dogs? ABC: OK, with green ice cream!

An interesting vacation

Vacationing as a parent is full of ups and downs.

Up: Excited child seeing Thomas the Train...
Down: 8 hr car ride to get to Thomas the Train

Up: Train Ride on the actual Thomas the Train
Down: 8 hr car ride to ride a 23 minute train? Are you freakin' kidding me?

Up: Seeing a fire engine up close and personal
Down: Having to call the fire department to examine child after choking on a pretzel

Up: Happy Children
Down: Tons of scrapped knees from dare devil stunts

Up: Garlic Festival
Down: Idiot at Garlic Festival
Up: Knowing G-ma's got my back

Up: Going home after a long weekend
Down: traffic coming home coming to a dead stop

All in all it was a memorable trip that my son is still talking about. Money well spent.