We are at the top of the list?

Wonderful husband, my eldest and I had a great evening last night.  Eldest and I picked up his dad from work, ventured downtown to see Dr. Wonderful Dentist, then dined downtown.

Our evening started with an hour waiting in the reception area (very kid friendly), then a bit more waiting in the exam room before Dr. Wonderful came to see us.  The eldest impressed me so much, he was so patient...just sat there, didn't wiggle, and didn't complain.  I guess we were patient too because the hygienist told us so...and admitted she was getting impatient herself.  We were in no rush, and going downtown with grandparents babysitting the twins is awesome...we always reward our adventure with dinner out somewhere special.

So, Dr. Wonderful's report was...nothing.  He cleaned the eldest's teeth for free (because he has been so out of touch lately), and reported to us that he is going to call 3 specialists along with our pediatrician starting tomorrow to get the ball rolling.  He apologized to us for being so busy and thanked us for being so nice and patient.  And promised us we are now at the top of his list, especially that everything else is out of the way.  'He is back,' so he said.

Fast face time...no update or action to be taken yet...but nice shiny teeth.  I am not frustrated nor disappointed.  In fact, Dr. Wonderful said he was frustrated when he showed some of the colleagues at the conference the pictures, and how they were commenting on our son's plaque and hygiene.  He said...they didn't get it, it's not the plaque that is causing this.  See...he IS Dr. Wonderful.  He then commented that this time the hygiene is much better.  I responded...yea...now that the falling out tooth is gone, the root is no longer exposed so it doesn't hurt to brush his teeth.  Dr. Wonderful just smiled...he knew I was right - imagine having your full, in-tact root exposed...it hurts to even think about it.  Thank goodness we have the twins and nice smiles on both of us to prove we brush twice a day in our house and take care of our teeth.

So, after the appointment, we stopped at REI to get my son some flip flops.  Since he is older, the kid flip flops no longer have the strapped backs, so I've avoided getting them for him.  But, he has been crying how he doesn't have flip flops on and off all summer...really, for 24 hour stints at a time.  So, I caved and we got him some.  They fit him nice and he wore them out of the store.  He is funny...he even put them on the register without a prompt from me to have the clerk ring them up.


The big 'Three Little Pigs' sandwich at The Silver Palm

On to dinner.

About a year ago, Wonderful husband and I were watching Anthony Bourdain's 'No Reservations' and they profiled Chicago.  Wonderful husband recorded it and we've been wanting to try this 'Three Little Pigs' sandwich, which he said was the best ever.  The restaurant, The Silver Palm, has a passenger railroad dining car so we thought it would be fun for the eldest as well.  It was a nice time.  Like the site said, it's not necessarily kid friendly, but despite that, we had fun with our kid and since it was slow, everyone was really nice.
My eldest polished off a little bowl of sliced green tomatoes with his grilled cheese and the Three Little Pigs sandwich was great.  The dining car was cool, and my bourbon cocktail was delicious along with the shrimp and scallop po' boy sandwich.  What a great way to end our evening.  After all, aren't adventures like this what life is all about?

Our eldest cracked us up all night.  Yes, that is him with a tie on his tee shirt.  Later, he moved it to his pants and said something about 'like Sponge Bob'...I wondered what the heck he was talking about.  This morning, when I got him out of his Sponge Bob pjs...sure enough, it looks like Sponge Bob's tie is on his pants.  My eldest is a smartie...even if his first response to any question is always 'I dunno.'