Car

Lucy eats out

Even though Lucy is still nursing, and doesn’t have any back teeth yet (just the 8 in front), she always likes to test out new food, esp. whatever you’re having.

She will fill her cheeks like a chipmunk and wait for whatever it is to dissolve, or swallow with a big gulp. She has been to IKEA’s cafeteria for lunch several times and had cookies and tea in the cafe at Filoli.

Recent menu items she has savoured include this huge tuna sandwich (nope, she didn’t eat the whole thing!) and yogurt (she refused 2 different spoons in favor of licking it out of the tub, getting it all over her face up to her eyebrows!)

This weekend though was her first night out at a real restaurant, full of noise and lots of people. She went with Gpa Tom and Gma Karen (and her parents of course) to an Italian restaurant on Saturday night, so it was really busy.

She was patient while we waited for a table, enjoyed the crayons and the kids menu, ate some macaroni and some chicken, and had a lot of fun playing with the straw for her water. We saw a few other babies, some crying, but not her! Her dad gives her a 10 out of 10 for her first night out!

The big little car

fully loaded Minithe bathroom sink

A few weeks ago Mike wanted to return a sink he’d bought, but it wouldn’t fit in the Camry. So on a whim he measured the Mini Cooper and found that indeed, the big sink-vanity dealybob would fit in the Mini!

So he loaded it up and off he went (see pic). I bet there were some surprised stares in the Home Depot parking lot when he took the sink out!

Now that our baby girl has graduated to forward-facing seats and we have put the carseat back in the Mini, there will be no more sink-haulings. But it is nice to know that we could if we had to!

Geeky aside #1: I’ve noticed you can see my Mini in the Google map satellite view of our house.

Geeky aside #2: I still do the "mini wave" when I see another Mini.