Home from the Big D

Silas and I got back from Dallas last night. It was our most exteneded trip without Joel and we really missed him! We had a great time with friends and did a lot of things that we did while we lived in Dallas such as:

sit in traffic
eat tomato-basil soup at leMadeleine
browse Williams-Sonoma and window shop at North Park Mall
buy Tums at Super Walmart
enjoy God-given friendships at a mini-playgroup

The pictures are taken at Andrea's on our way back. We had a great time playing in the playroom with Abbie, Anabelle and Ava. Anabelle is very generous in making coffee and strawberry drinks. Stay tuned for a picture of Silas and friends at an icecream shop in Dallas...
We'll add a few more details about the trip then.

More First Foods

This is Silas' first (and hopefully last) meal at the Gurdon Truck and Auto Plaza, where we waited for the tire shop crew to finish eating their lunch. We had a flat tire on the highway so to commemorate it (and because it was lunchtime) we ate green beans, chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and cottage cheese. The waitress even threw in a piece of cake and a roll.


On Joel's day off, we invited Silas to be a third wheel on our date. We ate at Leo's Greek Castle. Silas' first greek food included hummus, little bites of a pita and some meat from a gyro. He was thrilled with all of it, but not thrilled about the man who kept talking to him at the table across from us.


This is a picture of a post-call day sno cone party. Joel and I got my favorite flavor: sour cherry and coconut. Silas' first flavor of sno cone (pictured here) was snow flavored.

Diversions

We've had a lot going on here this week so buckle those seatbelts and get ready for all the news!

Since Joel posted about the national rock paper scissors tournament, the Bradleys (bring Sara with them) came through for a night on their way to visit Heath's family. Highlights: Ava was the happiest I've ever seen her, except for when Silas followed her on the stairs, touched her booster seat at dinner, or when Silas was being held by Andrea. It was exceptionally amusing. We all drank coffee, watched "King of Queens" and ate Nana's sticky buns. I was sad when they had to leave but comforted by the pajamas, dress and booster seat they left behind.

Then Mom Poteet came. We walked around the mall, went to Kohl's and then met Joel at the Dixie Cafe for dinner.

That night we watched what is, in my opinion, the best movie of the summer. "Everything is Illuminated" gets a 9.5 on my 10 point scale for movie ratings. Since I'm no good at writing movie reviews, I'll wait for you to watch it and then we'll discuss it in person.

So mom and Sara left yesterday. Silas and I took a good long afternoon nap. Joel came home and tried to make a bottle with coffee instead of formula (and it wasn't even decaf). And we watched "So you think you can Dance". Go Travis! Go Donyelle!

Finally, thank goodness for people like Mel Gibson who give us something to talk about other than firestrikes, gas prices, and all the murders in Little Rock.