Welcome to my world

And welcome to Food Land.

Today, Allie was taking orders and made Jody a "Helthey Salade." And, while the "Stake" and "Mac and Chies" sounded good, I had the burger with chips and prune juice.

Then, when we were done (for plastic food, it was delicious) Allie went on a break and posted this sign on the pantry door. Guess we'll have to wait to get back in.

We're never quite sure what store or restaurant we're likely to find ourselves in when Allie gets her imagination going. But it's always fun.

Seven

According to Wiki, seven is a natural number following six and preceding eight (it actually says that). To us, seven took on new meaning as Allie, our youngest, became seven years old.

And, although seven is the sum of any two sides of a standard die, Allie is anything but standard.

As anyone who has met her knows, she very articulate, sometimes to a fault, and is a very thoughtful girl. Many times, I've wished that I'd captured what she said because it was so poignant, but I usually forget.

And perhaps that's the lesson here...we can't possibly remember every thing our children say or record every second of their lives. So soak it in, people. Because the day before yesterday, my daughter was three.

Which, by the way, is the only number besides seven in which a vector cross product ca be defined; but you knew that.

Happy birthday Allie!