The other day Sophie and I made the hike up to Birkdale Village to hang out with my mom, have lunch, and do a little window shopping to help keep the boredom at bay. Despite being a relatively warm day for mid December (about 63 degrees) the wind was really whipping around so we decided to duck into Starbucks to get out of the wind and enjoy a mid morning coffee. With the holiday season Starbucks brings out it's seasonal coffee and specialty drinks, my holiday drink of choice is the Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha Nonfat no whip, you should try it, sooooo good! Sophie was being such a good girl and I decided that she deserved a treat too, so while Mom and I enjoyed our Tall Peppermint White Mochas, Sophie savored her first ever hot cocoa, at Starbucks nonetheless! Nothing but the best for my girl! I was very impressed with Starbucks, the kids hot cocoa comes in a perfect kid's size and they have a kid's temperature too so the kid's don't have to scald themselves while trying to enjoy a simple treat! Sophie was so excited to be sipping her cocoa (that also had whipped cream and chocolate sauce drizzled over top) from a cup just like Mommy and Gigi's! I had my mom take a picture of Sophie having her first hot cocoa/Starbucks so that we could send it to Neal, so sorry for the poor quality of the picture, but at least I have a picture to hold the memory with! As you can see in botttom of the picture Tinkerbell made the trip with us and she too enjoyed the cocoa as Sophie was kind enough to share with her!
Although it sounds from the start of the blog the day was picture perfect.......think again, my child is two years old! After Starbucks we hit the pavement checking out the shop windows and browsed around Williams Sonoma and GAP kids real quick and then decided to grab lunch at Red Rocks. Sophie did really well up until it was time to leave the restaurant, I took Sophie out of the high chair and was making sure we didn't forget anything; sippy cup, purse and the ever sacred Tinkerbell, when Sophie decided she was about to show us (me and the room full of people) what two year olds were really made of. She deliberatly threw Tink on the floor and started whining/crying because Tink was now on the floor. My policy is you throw it, you pick it up, so there I am in the restaurant trying to keep my cool and convince my child who is rapidly coming unglued to pick up Tinkerbell. After several failed attempts and my fake out of, "OK Mommy is going to leave without you" and then hiding behind a pillar, I realized what a fool I must have looked like and realized that this was not a battle I was going to win. I picked up Tink and Sophie and carried her, literally kicking and screaming out of Red Rocks. Ahhhhh, two year olds.
Nice to see another Slimick family member online.
ReplyDeleteJohn Slimick
Louisville, Kentucky