Trains and Dinosaur Bones

While we were up in the Dells we decided to go eat at place where the food was delivered by a train.  I figured the boys would love it!  It turns out only certain tables got their food delivered by train, so we waited patiently for a train table.  We waited at some very cute cowhide couches near the bar.  Brad jokingly asked Vince if he wanted to belly up to the bar and Vince said "yeah, lets belly up to the bar,"  so the Brad and Vince got to have their first drink together at a bar.  Beer for Brad and Sprite for Vincent.  They were the only ones at the bar and they looked really cute sitting next to each other.  I am sure we are going to hear the phrase "belly up to the bar" come back to haunt us at some inappropriate time but listening to Vince say it and making a deep voice when he said it was hilarious.

Bellying up to the bar

Vince looking Brad's plate of ribs instead of smiling

The boys patiently waited the 15 minutes to get a train table.  Then they sat nicely and didn't even try to leave the table or climb out of their highchairs for the entire dinner.  Heck, most of Joel's food even made it into his mouth and not onto the floor or his head!  Brad had ordered ribs for dinner and Vince saw the bones and was convinced they were T-Rex bones. He couldn't believe Daddy was eating T-Rex meat! He was all ready to save the bones and use them to build his own T-Rex!  He was so excited we couldn't tell him he was wrong, so we just agreed that it would be fun to build a T-Rex.  We were having such an enjoyable dinner we ended up sitting at our table for over an hour.   That is virtually unheard of in our household and most of that time Brad and I were able to have an adult conversation with minimal interruptions and to top it all off the food was actually really good.   At least now I know if I want the kids to behave at a restaurant all I need to do is find one with a train!

Joel, Mommy and Vincent

The train was more interesting than taking a picture!