The Unexpected

September 11, 2012/Family

Yesterday Henry never made it into the office. He was running a little late so called in to his first meeting. And then his second. Lunch time came and went. He was still on the phone at 4:00 when the girls came home from school. When he got off the phone at 4:30 I said, “What are your plans for tonight?”

“I don’t know,” he said looking intrigued.

“I’m thinking Double Wide Grill up in Cranberry and maybe a park if we have time?”

“Yes,” was his simple response.

Going out to eat on a weeknight is an extremely rare occasion for us. It was fun to throw caution to the wind (who needs to practice piano?) and not worry that it was a school night. So we told the kids to grab tennis shoes and go potty.

“Why?” Natalie said as if she were in trouble.

“We’re going out to eat!” I said enthusiastically.

“To a restaurant?” Ryan asked.

“Yep, to a restaurant.” I said.

“I wuv restaurants,” he said. (he wuvs everything right now)

So we loaded up the wagon and we moved to Beverly drove up the road a few minutes to a place we’ve heard great things about….. The Double Wide Grill. It’s the only place in Pittsburgh that serves vegan entrees alongside pulled pork and bbq brisket.

Ryan is now in the stage where he wants to do everything himself. 

This one brought a book with her and read it much of the time (in the first pic she’s at the bottom walking and reading at the same time). Lucky for us she put it down at the table. 

She slept in the car on the way so was ready to par-tay!

6:00 is still early for him to be home… checking emails and had to take one call. 

But I still know how to get his attention. 

Whoops! Not to be outdone… “Mommy, mommy, kiss!”
Henry sniffed Ainsley’s fries and ketchup instead of eating those nasty carbs. She thought it was hilarious so made him pose for this picture. 

After his meal Ryan dug through my purse so he could watch Mickey Mouse on my phone. 
Natalie took up residence at the lounge area next to our table. 
Ainsley got encouragement from daddy to finish her chicken. 

Out front waiting for daddy…. 

A rather handy circumstance…. DQ right across the parking lot. Um, yes please. 

What unexpected thing have you done recently? 
p.s. We didn’t make it to a park. Dessert took too long. And it took an hour to get the girls settled when we got home they were so hyper from their ice cream.
p.s.s. The food was awesome. The menu has so many good things on it, we’ll have to go back to try more.  

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Comments (6)

  • ~liz / September 11, 2012 / Reply

    we’ll meet you there some day! 🙂 i watched ti being built last year and wanted to try it – vegan sounds delicious! ~liz

  • Marmi / September 11, 2012 / Reply

    Let me know when you make it to B Hills.

  • Linda / September 11, 2012 / Reply

    Awesome…I am glad you had a fun dinner out together!!! And DQ too!

    Love your sweet family!

    Linda @ Truthful Tidbits

  • Jaisa / September 11, 2012 / Reply

    We have been wanting to try it! But with a 4 year old and 1.5 year old anything besides Chic fila gets crossed off the list for lack of play area LOL!! You have to live pretty close to us we only live like 20ish minutes from Cranberry!

  • I'll have to say I love you in a song... / September 12, 2012 / Reply

    is she reading the babysitters club little sister books? I LOVED that series(and the regular babysitter clubs books too) at that age…You have a lovely family.

    what have we done lately to throw caution to the wind? we went to a cubscout meeting..lol. We’re such rebels.

  • Maggie Kolb / September 12, 2012 / Reply

    Remember when Ainsley and Natalie played beauty shop? And now their hair is so long again!

    Unexpected? I purged books like a crazy woman yesterday.

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