so, we've been eating a lot of food. yesterday we met grandma and grandpa r. for the annual foresters brunch. abby actually ate more than i did, i think. she had: 2 large pancakes, a piece of french toast, salad, black olives, cottage cheese, chicken strips, carrots, jello, breadsticks, bacon, cream puff, chocolate chip cookie bar, a bite of beef tips ("i don't like meat!"), peas, some cranberry juice, and her milk. i am not even kidding a little bit. then every so often that afternoon, "my tummy hurts." well, duh. :) then for supper she had a bite of string cheese and 2 cubes of watermelon. everything seems back to normal today, though.
today we accomplished quite a bit. we went to the mall because i noticed the other day that the fake diamonds in my earrings had fallen out at some point, so i've been walking around wearing just the settings like a moron. so, we went to claire's to get me some new earrings. 9 pairs for less than $9. can't beat that with a stick. then this afternoon after rest time, we went to the library. i've been such a fan of going in the afternoons because you don't have the storytime craziness and abby can pretty much do her own thing, but that backfired in a big way today. we came down the road and saw a group of about 15 grade-schoolers walking in a line toward the library. uh oh. apparently there was some sort of major library field trip today, and these kids were the last group. so, they pretty much took over the children's part, and effectively barred abby from playing with anything. she tried, much more so than i thought she would, but was denied. so, to make up for the library fiasco, we decided to use the beautiful day and my hips not killing me for a change, and head to the zoo. it was a good choice, even though we got there too late to see the monkeys. like her daddy, abby loves the lemurs. :) after that, we came home, abby had her supper and read her new library books, and then it was time for bed. then brian and i had brown-sugar steaks, which were yummeriffic, if i do say so myself.
awesome news of the day: brian read the capital times at the library, and apparently? madison now has a ruth's chris steak house. for those of you who don't know, we discovered this restaurant in the summer of 2000 on our trip to new york city that brian won. hands-down, the best steaks EVER. it's been our anniversary haunt ever since. we've been to the one in new york, minneapolis/st. paul, downtown chicago, northbrook, and kansas city. and now? we can just stay right here. aaaaahh.
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