sept 3rd

september 3rd is a marvelous day in our home. it's when dust turns one year older and wiser, and it's when i get to be creative to concoct some sort of surprise to make him feel special, and i love it :) this year, we kept it simple, but he was still surprised!

 

first up, lunch on a bus! my friend found this restaurant (if you can even call it that) called the grilled cheese grill.


it's in a fairly sketchy part of town, but it was super fun and cool. you order some sort of crazy grilled cheese sandwich from this little trailer, and then they call out your name on the speakers in this bus when it's ready. while they grill, you chill on this old school bus complete with music playing, trivial pursuit games at each table, and table tops covered in elementary school pictures of strangers galore for your entertainment.

 

the sandwiches come on all sorts of breads with all sorts of toppings and with all kinds of cheeses, and they were pretty darned good! dust LOVED his, and i worked around the pool of cheese grease at the bottom of my basket and loved the pickle on the side!

 

 

next up, batting cages! dust has been wanting to go for a long time but has a hard time finding time for fun, so i was excited to surprise him with his kind of fun. i'm sure it's more fun with another guy who can manage to swing the bats in time to come close to the 55mph balls whizzing by, but i made do :)

 

 

i mostly cheered dust on, but i did take a whack in the slow pitch batting cage and only missed one or two!

 

school was kind of a party pooper for the night cuz dust had to study, but we had fun with our boys when we got home and loved our afternoon out! happy 28th friend - love you 59304620592387532105325!!!!!!!