Friday, January 9, 2009

Uncle Al's Last Supper


My brother has been home for the last month and will be returning to school today. We took him out to Fanatics last night for dinner and we had a lot of fun. Izzy, as per usual, was the center of attention. I don't think that kid is going to be able to function with a sibling. She's used to being the light of everyone's eyes, including surrounding patrons and the waitstaff. It's going to be an adjustment for her. She has this really disgusting habit of sucking off condiments from her food. She loves sauce (all kinds!) so much that she doesn't want to waste any room actually putting food in her stomach. This leads to quadruple dipping into sauces that should be community property. As you can guess, most people stop dipping once they watch her eat. She lathers up on the sauce and then slowly sucks it off. I have seen her use the same fry for a whole container of fry sauce. Her Dad gets mad at her and makes her bite for every dip. But when he's not around, she usually reverts back to her old behavior. Last night, she was going crazy over marinara with her cheese stick. It was like a train wreck and no one at the table could look away. Needless to say, the rest of us ate without using the marinara because it started to look watered down with spit after a few dips. But other than that,we had fun. Izzy spent most of the meal sitting under the table. She was being quiet so that was a plus. The National Championship games was on and every time the crowd reacted to something, she would poke her head out to see what was going on. When she was a small baby, she would often get confused over public displays such as clapping and laughing. She would always smile and wave as if they were cheering for her and I think last night was a little flashback for her. She also had another break through when she finally figured out ordering at a restaurant. As soon as the waitress came to get our drink orders, she said, "Mac and cheese please!" She wasn't going to wait for anyone else. It was very sweet. My life would be so boring without my little baby. I can't even imagine.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

what of cute picture of 2 good looking girls