Sunday Family Day/Wind Turbines & Joe's Crack Shack

Yesterday we drove to Geneseo to meet with a guy about his wind turbine project. Don't ask. We got there early enough where we let the kids run wild in the lot behind the building. Abbey and Adam ran with such love of being free, makes me always envy being a toddler when that was fun! Abbey fell a few times playing running away from Daddy and....running back and he picks her up as kisses her. SHe LOVED this. But she is scary because whenever she gets a chance, she tries to run, run, run far away. She has gotten better. Mostly, you can get her to stop before she goes too far. The hardest part is if you follow her, she runs harder. I imagine when she's a teenager, this will translate into giving her space...but not too much.

They did OK in the guy's office, Adam was having fun calling himself on the lobby phone while Abbey ran the halls. I ended up sitting in the car with them after a half hour because it's hard for toddlers to be good much longer!

We had been talking about going to the Joe's Crab Shack in Rochester since it opened last summer. I suggested this was a good chance and the kids were doing well in the car, so we figured we go for it.

We had gone to one in Atlanta after massive advertising had piqued our interest and we liked it. Todd got a lobster pot and we went with his sister Bonnie, niece April, baby Mama Jordan and our great nephew Peyton. It was decorated with a ton of kitsche in theme. Adam was only one and a half, but he loved all the sharks and whales and other sea themed stuff there. Todd got a drink called a shark bite that came with a shot in a plastic shark, which had become a part of Adam's Ice Age scenes.

We got there and were pleased we didn't have to wait, but they led us to a table that was like a picnic table, not conduscive for two high chairs and plied in very close to the other tables. There was a huge shark over the front desk Adam liked, but the decoration were limited. The waiter was slow and forgetful, the worst combination with hungry and tired toddlers (as I had predicted, Abbey refused to nap all day until five minutes before we got to the resturant). Todd got another Shark Bite for Adam who was esctatic to get another shark (and who also was loving the picnic table..lots of wiggle room on a bench) and I got a drink in mason jar. They were good and the best part of the meal. I wanted another, but the waiter was so slow we ended up not bothering. Todd got a crab pot and I got a New England seafood platter. The food wasn't bad, but nothing special. The kids meals weren't bad.

Adam dove right in but Abbey, who was MISERABLE the first half hour, had suddenly mood turned after I convinced her to drink some juice, grabbing my sunglasses and putting them on me, cracking up and putting them on herself upside down, slowly ate fry by dry, hanging out and watching. (Seeing Abbey be silly and have fun with me...this is why I always wanted a daughter..:). I had gotten her a corn on a cob as she loved it last summer. At first she didn't touch it, but then she discovered it and was excited. Todd gave her his big piece and she prompted through the small one on the floor, so excited. But it was too big, she wasn't quite sure how to go at it....I ended up breaking it in half :)

Tired and full and done playing out Ice Age, Adam had a meltdown over eating ice (a habit my mother taught him ARGH) and the bit the inside of his mouth, poor kid. Daddy took him to the car while I cut off Miss Slow Eat to get her going.

The ride back wasn't awful. Abbey was pretty happy and then fell asleep five mintues before we were home again. Adam got upset about a half hour from home.

"Home" he said.

"Stuck"

"I go"

It's fun to do stuff. But it's best to come home. Adam is a homebody and very into his family. He likes us all together and he likes to go. But it never fails that eventually, he says it.

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