Last night Mama and Daddy finally managed to see a movie after eating out with Logan! It was his first trip out of town, actually. We had been wanting to take him to the 112 Drive-in Theatre in Fayetteville for a long time, and we got our chance when our plan to see "Becoming Jane Austen" in Rogers fell through: even though we started packing up an hour before leaving, the delays are never ending, and Rogers is 45 min. away. So we settled for dinner in Tontitown at Venesian (a favorite Italian spot) followed by the drive-in showing of Ocean's 13.
Boy, we had an adventure on this outing! About 4 miles outside Tontitown, we hit either a sharp rock or a bear trap in the road that popped our right front tire. Since I'd read so many accounts of fatal accidents this year from people changing tires, we moved out of the car as fast as possible with Logan in his car seat, toward some trees on a wide shoulder of clean grass far from the highway. We put his car seat on the stroller and shaded him from the sun. As I prepared the jack for our first flat tire, I realized that our used car dealer had put in a crank without the lug wrench on the end! We started phoning friends on our cell phone, but pretty soon a friendly couple pulled over, filled our tire with Fix-a-Flat, and went to borrow a tire iron that would fit our lug nuts (their own wrench was too small). The sealant was strong enough for us to reach the next gas station 5 miles away, where the nice people brought us the wrench. We had a great dinner afterward and an enjoyable night on the town. At the drive-in we sat on camping chairs with a citronella candle and a blanket for Mandy to wrap herself and Logan, sipping cokes and eating movie nachos and M&Ms. Whenever Logan needed to eat, the car was dark and private enough for nursing and changing. A pretty good setup, it turns out.
Logan is looking longer (not in the tooth yet) and less lean. His fingers look more like a little boy's, and the finger-nails are not so miniscule as they were at first. He has been expanding his repertoire of sounds with high-pitched inquisitive cooes, sounds like laughter, and "nga" and "llla." While we watched the movies last night, he practically purred like a lion cub and made contented sighs. We take him on stroller walks almost every evening with a mosquito net to protect him, which puts him to sleep unless it's still light out, and then he enjoys looking around. this Labor Day weekend, we'll be doing chores in the yard and enjoying the first day off granted by JBU for the holiday. For me, that means more housework and book editing! But we'll be spending our free time with our favorite little tyke, videotaping his antics with a JBU camcorder and just enjoying his company. We love his little voice and can't wait to hear his first words.
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please, more description of the food at the Venetian.
enormous yeast rolls with honey; plain lettuce salad with vinegar dressing; and melt-in-your mouth lasagna (for Mandy), chicken parmesan (for Jon). Delish!
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