Feel better about yourself

*Before you read, please know we love our children, all of them, 

and Texas Roadhouse will always be one of my favorite places to eat*

Pull up a chair, you are about to feel better about yourself!

Our story starts with A MISSED NAP!!! 

🎵🎶 Bum bum BUUUUUUUM! 🎵🎶

(It's the parent version of "It was a dark stormy night".) 

So you know things are gonna be interesting, but I'm SuperMom, I got this.

We pull in to the Roadhouse parking lot and I go in to check our progress in "The Queue". I went back to the car, which is parked as far from the door as a person can get because of the size of Rolanda. 

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 (Yes, we name our vehicles) 

After a little trot to the van "I regret to inform you, but there is still a 30min wait time." Communal bemoaning ensues and we settle in. 

25 minutes later......... Our daddy heads in to check on our progress, but this time someone jumps the gun, 👉 sees the open door as an invitation and a MASS EXODUS begins. 

Now, it's freezing, and completely dark, so we all rush in to the restaurant. (I thought) 

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Oh man, this next part.... 

Deep breath......

I steer the squabbling, hungry, tangle of children towards an empty 2ft square of wooden bench while our Hunter/Gatherer stands in line with a little pager thing.

Ten seconds later, overhead,  a pleasant voice says, "Will the owner of the van with license plates "XYZ" please come to front desk?" I knew instantly it was us, but I'm trying desperately to cling to my *Cool* facade in the face of all the other patrons who can clearly see we've skipped nap time today. Our daddy knows it too, and our eyes lock across the room, the panic rising... 🌡️

I grab the keys, and SPRINT the entire city block to the van. 

There, in the back seat is a barely awake, little blonde person. 👱

I scoop him up, apologize profusely and we run back in together. As we enter the waiting room everyone bursts into laughter and applause.

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We take our bow, and mercifully that little pager went off at the same time so we were taken to our seats. 

As we were leaving three families stopped us on the way out to tell us how well behaved our children were, and what a sweet family we had.

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Two takeaways for us.

Number 1.

Always count noses then RECOUNT them! 👃

Number 2.

Perfect Kraft Macaroni & Cheese goes great with chicken leftovers, if you're too upset to eat in the restaurant. 

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Now, don't you feel better about yourself? 

Praise the Lord the woman who was leaving as we entered was parked right next to us, and she immediately alerted the restaurant. 

💗 God is good to us, especially when we skip nap time. 💗