Tonight we had dinner with Masa, Cheryl and their daughter, Liberty-Belle at Pietro's Italian Cuisine, a restaurant that was voted as having the best pizza in the Inland Empire.
I ordered Daphne mostaccioli (essentially penne without ridges) pasta, but she was displeased, so I ended up ordering her spaghetti. We packed up her mostaccioli, and she promised to eat it tomorrow. Lotus loved her mostaccioli. She split her time between feeding herself and walking around the restaurant. She's a peculiar one. She sort of just wanders about, comes back for a bite of food, wanders around some more. I always wonder she could possibly be thinking.
Daphne started to rhyme during dinner. She's getting quite good at rhyming.
We were swimming in soiled napkins ten minutes after receiving our food (courtesy of Daphne and Libby), but we had great fun.
Lotus demanded to sit on Cheryl's lap a majority of the time, which kept Cheryl from eating. Sorry, Cheryl, but like I said at the restaurant, if you don't want to be so popular with the kiddies, you should consider not being so nice. Your motto should be, "Think twice before you're nice!"
The place was totally empty which allowed us to let the kids to run around after they finished with their dinners. We got to finish our dinners in peace! Well, at least I did.
I had the yummiest Veal Picatta!
You may be asking yourself how eating out can be mildly educational. Well, it gives children the opportunity to learn and apply a myriad of skills such as table etiquette, indoor & public behavior, etc.
