Olive Garden is Amazing!

Earlier this week we took Uncle Mike to the airport in Buffalo and of course, made the usual stop off to the Olive Garden. Usually when we do this, it's just Dave and I and we leave the kids with grandparents, but this time, we decided to let them join in on the fun. Rosie, who has the greatest memory ever, knew exactly where we were going even though she's only been there twice ever. "The restaurant with the grapes on the sign!" We went in and Rosie was beyond amazed at the restaurant experience. I guess I forgot that she hasn't been to many sit down restaurants in her life. We usually eat at Ikea, Costco, Wendy's... you know, all the classy places. The last sit down restaurant she went to was an all you can eat buffet, which so isn't the same. The first thing that amazed Rosie was the fact that the waitress would bring unlimited bread sticks. "I can eat 100 bread sticks and she'll keep bringing me some?!" I think if all she had were bread sticks, she would have been happy. The second thing that amazed Rosie was that she could have pasta made to order, meaning she could choose her shape of pasta and choose her sauce and toppings. She ordered shell pasta with alfredo sauce and a side of grapes. "This is so yummy Mommy! It's amazing!" The last thing Rosie loved was, well, let me just tell you what she said.

Rosie - "We left all our messy dishes"
Me - "That's ok, someone will come and clean it for us. That's why we love going to restaurants. You don't have to cook anything or clean up anything."
Rosie - "you mean they don't make you do any hard work? That's so great Mommy! We should always come to the garden restaurant!"

I think Rosie just found her new favorite place to eat!