Olive Garden

The girls were told we would go out to eat once this weekend. So we waited til Sunday lunch to go out. Laura had a chance to pick the place. Usually her normal pick is Applebee's here in town. Some of the time she asks to go to Chinese Buffet which is one of Tabitha's favorites so we do that more often when she is here. However, this time she surprised me and picked Olive Garden. As we got there she said, I thought when we got here I would remember it. This I found funny since she was just telling Grandma on the phone that she loved their pasta and wished Grandma was going with us. When we got in a sat at our table she remember that we had been there a couple of times. She didn't think she liked the bread sticks but after much coaxing from dad she tried one and found that they were pretty good. Emily on the other hand was excited that the salad bowl arrived and it was full of her favorites, tomatoes and grapes. However, before I could explain that it wasn't a grape but an olive she had stuck the whole thing in her mouth and was chewing. The look on her face said it all. She had to finish it because it was in her mouth and as I am asking her if she wants to eat it and she is nodding yes her face is clearly telling you she doesn't like it at all and wishes it would disappear. When the next one happened to get out of the bowl she quickly dropped it back into the salad bowl. However, she was looking hard to find all of the carrot slivers in the bowl.
Both girls did a great job and were very good while we were there. Thankfully they both took a nice nap on the drive home so it was a pleasant trip.