Phipps Feeding Fiasco

The experience
Well, Mina was accepted to the private school we applied for so we thought we’d reward her endurance of the testing and interviewing (sheesh!) with a special day.  We’d be going to a movie and then eating at the restaurant of her choice.  Of course she’s not going to choose a restaurant we haven’t [...]

The experience
Apparently Dusty wanted pancakes.  It didn’t matter the time since when I got home ready for lunch at 1:30, we were going to be getting pancakes.  And, Benji was still asleep from his midmorning nap.  Okie doke.  We brainstormed about a restaurant that would be serving pancakes at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.  We [...]

The experience
Today both Ogre and I were home this morning with Benji, I asked Ogre if wanted to get something to eat. Now, when I say that I want something to eat anytime before noon, it usually means I want breakfast.  Options are limited if we’re going to fulfill childsplate requirements, but I thought that a [...]

The experience
Today we had to run an errand with Benji so we picked him up from Lala’s house and went to eat lunch.  We decided to eat at Deno’s Grill, a little neighborhood restaurant that we’ve tried to hit in the past, but, I think, was closed on Sundays.  It was open for lunch today, [...]

The experience
I’m chilling at the hospital right now (working, not as a patient!), which for the Phipps family means accomodating Mommy’s schedule and eating early and near the hospital.  We gave Mina a few choices and she finally chose Hawaiian BBQ.  I got wind of this place via email a few months ago and have [...]

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Today was the day that Ogre would be spending all day at the office with Adrienne.  Tony and I would be chilling at home with the kids.  We got a call around 12:15 to “be ready” for when they wrapped up what they were doing and headed home to pick us up (we needed [...]

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It’s Day 2 of our “Great Wolf Adventure.”  Mina woke up at around 7am.  Benji did not wake up until, oh, 9am.  So, she and Papa went to get a breakfast snack.  Once, all of Team Phipps was up and at ‘em, we headed to the breakfast  buffet at the Loose Moose Cottage.  We [...]

The experience
We’ve already gone to over 150 restaurants and until today we have never gone out with our friends who have children!  Hard for me to believe!  My friend and OB/Gyn extraordinaire, Kamilia Smith, texted me at 7am to make a dinner date.  Absolutely!  We spent the day making plans and finally decided on Manny’s [...]

The experience
We planned an excursion today at Fair Park, so we were deciding to either go to La Duni or to Dream Cafe.  We have some friends in town (you met them at Cafe Izmir the other night) and there was a chance that they might meet us for brunch -except that when we called [...]

The experience
I have a thing against eating sandwiches at any time other than at lunch.  So, if we are ever going to blog about a sandwich joint, we’d have to do it at lunch.  Today was that day.  Actually, we had a few other choices we considered including Freebirds, which I suspect Ogre was secretly [...]