Dining out...

Lorien's class is learning about the Philippines and next week they will share what they have learned with the rest of the school in a school wide Multi-Cultural Event. As part of the learning experience the class went on a field trip to a Philippine Restaurant to sample the food. Unfortunately for Lorien, the field trip day was also the day we drove to Idaho. In an attempt to stop the flow of disappointed tears Will and I promised to take Lorien to a Philippine restaurant sometime this week. Today was the day!

I knew we were in over our head when the hostess asked if we had a reservation (Nope). This was followed up by many a disapproving face as we crossed the dining room with three small children stomping behind us. Placed on our table were six tall, thin, glass glasses and a ceramic vase of green chop-sticks. My kids climbed each other and the table to reach the chop-sticks, nearly sending six glasses crashing to the ground.

Once we doled out vocal reprimands (promising spankin's to the next kid to climbed on top of the table) things started looking up. The food was beautifully described on the menu. We ordered food from the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The kids were troopers and tried a little bit of everything. When we were done eating and asked: "So what was your favorite part?" Both Lorien and Wyatt thought for a couple of seconds and then shouted out: "The RICE!"