A Normal Weekend :)

What a busy week!! This past weekend we had a garage sale. Baby stuff had to go! Recovering from a two day garage sale is a week long process. It is amazing what three little boys can do to your house while you are outside selling their baby items that initially cost you a fortune for pennies on the dollar. What a mess! Laundry, dishes, it seems to never end. To add to the craziness we had family in town this weekend and my brother in law finally moved his family to Texas!

With all the madness of this past week, Bryce still managed to have a huge milestone. We got everyone together for dinner on Monday night. A simple family dinner for my family, well...it just doesn't exist. We are so fortunate to have so many family here close to us. But, it does make going out to dinner a very fun and interesting experience! 

We gathered the group, 9 adults, 9 children...ages 4 months to 7 years. Yes, we do create quite a spectacle! Off we went to Spring Creek BBQ. Knowing ahead of time that Bryce would not be able to eat any of the sauces that they provide, I decided to load my purse. Yes, that's right people, I took cosmetic travel bottles of corn syrup free ketchup and homemade BBQ sauce into the restaurant in my purse!! Fortunately with the size of our group we were given a huge table in the back room. Therefore, I did not have to get the usual crazy looks I get from people when I pull spelt tortillas out of my purse at Mexican restaurants. My sister in law, who just moved from out of state, just watched me as I pulled the ketchup, BBQ and a 100% juice Welch's grape Fizz out of my purse for Bryce. I just said his name and she totally understood.

The following night we ran up to the local sno cone stand and they had sugar free sno cones! He ate his wedding cake flavored sno cone, sans the gummy bear on top. He absolutely loved it! He managed to have dinner and dessert out without having to be totally different than everyone else :) 

Never in my life would I have ever considered taking food into a restaurant. Nor would I have thought to hunt down a sno cone stand that served sugar free. But, when you have a child with food allergies you do what you have to do. I would much rather get a weird look from a stranger and Bryce be able to have ketchup with his fries than him not get to enjoy the same foods his brothers and cousins do. Never be afraid to be different! If anyone from the restaurant has the nerve to say anything to you about your little bottle of ketchup, they will probably be pretty understanding when you explain the circumstances....and it doesn't hurt to have a cute kid to smooth the way :)