On Friday night, after work, Jesse asked me, "So where do you want to eat tomorrow night?"
"Tommorow night?" I said. "What's tomorrow night?"
Jesse shrugs, and explained that his boss told him that since he worked extra hard this week, he should take his family out for dinner this weekend, and the company would reimburse him. Cool!
So tonight, we went out to The Rainforest Cafe. Very fun place to eat! And usually very busy and definitely not cheap. The ceilings are covered in trees and vines. There are elephants and gorillas that periodically become mechanically animated and make noises and move around. There's a "starry" sky, and rainbows, and butterflies on the walls that flap their wings. And giant fish tanks filled with large, exotic fish! And every half hour, there's a thunderstorm with flashing lights and loud thunder sounds. We've gone a couple times before for special occasions, and neither of the kids seemed upset by it. But this time, Jacob was definitely a bit scared by the thunderstorm. He got a really worried look on his face, and after it was over, he just wouldn't stop talking about the "loud" noises coming from "that tree" (it did have a lot of strobe lights shining on it...). So when the 2nd thunderstorm came around, I held him on my lap and covered up his ears. That seemed to help a bit. Of course, after that, he couldn't stop talking about the loud noises and would point out that he needed his ears covered. All in the sort of broken-up speech of a 2-year-old, of course. He and Melinda both absolutely loved the rest of the environment, though, to the point where they barely touched their food, they were so busy looking around! And of course, even though we stuffed ourselves full with a large appetizer on top of our large dinner plates, we still made room for the yummy "Volcano" dessert - thick slices of brownie cake with ice cream and whipped cream and fudge all put together to form a volcano shape, topped with a dazzling sparkler when they bring it to your table!
It was such a nice change from our normal meals lately. And one of the best parts is that we have plenty leftover for lunch tomorrow!
2 comments:
Yeah, for the boss. I'm glad you had a great time. I've never been to that restaurant, but have walked by one in a mall one time. It does seem like a fun atmosphere.
fun, fun, fun! Although we FREQUENTLY go out to eat, thanks to Carinos, we've never been there with the kids! I think they would just get the greatest kick out of it!!
I mean, they get excited about the little thunderstorms in the veggie aisle of Broulims!! hahah
Glad you had fun and got REALLY YUMMY FOOD!!!
It's even better when you're pregnant! And I bet that not having to cook dinner was even BETTER!
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