Thursday Afternoon "Lunch" Dates

NO....not THOSE kind of lunch dates!

Rather, weekly dates with Isabel for some special 1-1 time. I try to take her every Thursday....we usually go to Perkins for pancakes, to color, and to look at all of her work that she brings home from school.

Today we decided to do something different and get chicken & broccoli (and "cranberry rangoons" as she likes to call them). China Star was closed for remodeling so we went next door to Subway. We ended up sitting next to three young men, with tattoos, earrings, etc. So, Isabel stares at them the whole time. Periodically she inquires about them (loudly, of course). "Mom - whose that guy?" "Mom, look - he has an earring!". Isabel's look, as you may know, is also rather piercing (some may say judgmental - refer to picture from when she was just a little baby - she was born with it!), so the guys were probably happy to see the interrogator leave.

Just dropped her off at Becky's and now I am home trying to finish some work to make a Monday deadline.