Day Date

1.18.13

Fact: we have no family here in WA or friends that we trust to leave our kids with, yet so having a date night is out of the question. Maybe one day we'll be brave enough to have Sydna babysit but for now I think Riley is just too little still. Anyway ... but because we have no one to leave the kids with doesn't mean Jacob and I can't have quality time together. Even having Riley with us is not bad at all. He's quiet in the car and we can talk freely. And that is exactly what a date is right? no matter what time of the day you decide to spend together.

Given that there are no Cracker Barrels here in WA we wondered if we would ever find a good restaurant that served a good old country breakfast. We had not seen any where we live or during the times that we've been out so Jacob asked around at work. One guy mentioned that he knew of a place where they served good breakfast but that the place was small. It's also not that far from where we live so after dropping Sydna and Nathan at school on Friday we headed to the Testy Chef Cafe.

The morning was very foggy in parts. There was a large stream on the right side behind this tree line and when there was an open area the stream looked so pretty among the trees. Very picturesque and I wish we could have stopped to get a picture but there was no shoulder to stop at. That back area was quite charming and really not too far from stores or Jacobs work.

The pavement was icy and sleek and because I was minding my footing I didn't take a picture of the outside of the restaurant. The guy at Jacobs work was not joking when he said this place was small. It is tiny but very cute. They do have a back area with more seating and it's enclosed so it's warm but it just doesn't have the same feel as the front does. Good thing that as we walked in a couple had just left. I liked that the table was right next to a window or should I say a door that was permanently closed.
Before we left the house Jacob had fed Riley oatmeal. There is really no sense in ordering him anything because he doesn't finish it or he just wont eat it. He is still not eating eggs. Jacob had the Little Einsteins playing on his phone so he could stay busy. He did ok. Sometimes he would bang the spoon on the table which made an annoyingly loud noise so we had to repeatedly tell him to be quiet. He would stop for a few minutes but then start up again. It didn't matter he had his book, cards to play with and Jacobs phone ... he just wanted that darn spoon.

It doesn't matter where we go eat breafast. I always end up getting the same thing ... scrambled eggs, country ham, and hash browns with wheat toast and coffee. I cannot eat something sweet on an empty stomach, gives me a stomach ache. Well assuming their country ham would be good well that's what I got. It wasn't totally bad but it wasn't great either. I should have gotten bacon instead. Jacob got a fried egg, bacon and biscuits & gravy and that breakfast looked so yummy. I'm totally getting that next time.

After breakfast we drove to Bellevue. We wanted to go to Whole Foods and the closest one to us is about twenty minutes away. It was such a cold day.
Oh man, we totally fell in love with this store. This Whole Foods is so different than the one in Tucson and San Diego. This one is a high end grocery store and it is big. It reminded us of AJ's in NW Tucson. Their meat and seafood department have so much variety and yummy looking food ... even their prepared shrimp cakes, crab cakes, and salmon cakes looked delicious. Not to mention their prepared chicken and stuffed salmon.  What tripped me out was seeing TOMS shoes at a grocery store. Doesn't matter how high end a grocery store is I still think it's weird that they sold them there. Oh, and the desserts! To die for. I'll totally take a picture of them next time we stop by. Wanted to say that Jacob bought me a batch of tulips. Orangy red, very pretty!

The fog got thicker as we got closer to home.

But first we stopped at a car wash. This is the only car wash in the city we live in so come the weekend and it gets packed. This was also the first touchless car wash we've seen. How is that possible? but it did clean my truck pretty good. It sure needed to get washed. First car wash since moving here. Oh, and Riley freaked out when the water machine went over the truck. Poor thing.

Riley didn't get much sleep so by 7:00pm he was tired and fussy.

... and guess who also passed out by 9:00pm? Gosh! This guy cannot stay awake. I guess it's ok. We balance out fine because I'm not a morning person and he is. I just gotta remind him to not make too much noise in the mornings.

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Saturday was quite mellow. Jacob made us breakfast. We spent most of the day at home. Left the house around 2:00pm to pick up a few things at the grocery store but then we spotted Dickey's BBQ so we stopped for a late lunch. It was as good as I remembered it to be. My brisket sandwich was super yummy.

Jacob got their ribs but said that his ribs are much tender, lol. I wouldn't doubt it. Jacob has totally perfected his ribs at home. They are yummy!

On Sunday we went to church. What?! We finally did. All of us were ready and still had about twenty minutes to spare at home, that's a first.
Ok, so I had no intention on leaving Riley at the nursery and while we worshiped Riley became restless. Walking up and down the isle and being loud. I sure didn't want to be that parent that didn't leave the sanctuary when their child got loud so we went to drop him off at the nursery. There are two reasons why I don't like to leave my child at the nursery or child care. One because I always worry that someone will be mean to him ... even adults can sometimes be impatient and rude to a child and I would hate to see that happening with mine. And I'm not one to hold back in saying something. Two: germs! We all know that nurseries and child cares are a magnet for germs and I seriously doubt that they constantly clean the play area and toys. But I was being open minded and trustworthy so I decided to leave him there.
As soon as Jacob put him down he walked in, looked back at us once and walked away and began playing.

During the service I had Jacob check on him twice. The service started at 10am and it was already 11:15am and still going. This time I was the one that became restless and wanted to leave. So I did. I walked out, hung out at the lobby for about ten minutes then walked inside the nursery. I spoke with the lady in the nursery. She said that Riley behaved and did good. Didn't cry once and just played. I did notice that he would take toys from kids and I thought Oh boy! That's not good. Since he's the only toddler at home he doesn't know what sharing is, either that or he's just got some learning to do. It's funny because my first two were very shy, didn't want to play with other kids and didn't talk much to people they didn't know. They were also the type that wouldn't speak up if a kid was being mean to them. I have a feeling Riley is going to be straightforward and speak out, a lot. In a way that's a good thing. I just have to teach him to be nice and when he does stand up for himself to do so in a polite way.


Jacob found a fun learning game for Riley on the computer. He loved it and played it for about half an hour. I forgot to write the website down. Jacob knows it. Gotta get it from him so we can play during the day.

We don't think we'll be going back to that church. We felt that the pastor would jump all over the place on what he was saying. It just didn't feel right to us. So we're looking for another church to go to.

All caught up now. Thank goodness. Hope your week has been a good one. One more day 'til the weekend. Yay!