PF Changs

We went to dinner at PF Changs last night. We had gift cards from Christmas to use (thanks Nadean and Vester!). We tried to go a few weeks ago, but it was packed, so we ended up leaving and going somewhere else to eat. This time we were smart and made a reservation. We got there early, but we were still able to sit right down and we even got a table with a high chair (as opposed to a booth with a booster seat), so that was exciting (funny how your definition of 'exciting' changes when you have kids, haha).

Anyway, Peyton was so funny during dinner, that I just wanted to post so that I would remember the evening. Each table gets a set of sauces that you can mix up however you'd like to make the resulting sauce as hot or mild as you enjoy. I never use the sauce, so Kyle mixed it up nice and hot while we were waiting for our food. Peyton kept asking for some to try. We told him that it was really hot and that he wouldn't like it, but he insisted. So finally Kyle gave him a little taste of the sauce. It was hilarious to see Peyton's eyes get super big as he tasted the heat. He immediately grabbed for his drink. I guess that didn't work well enough to get rid of the heat because then he took his napkin and started to wipe his tongue off with it. It was so funny. We had to say we told him so!

Also while we were waiting for our food, a group with a baby in a carrier sat down at the table next to us. Peyton noticed the baby right away and said, "Hi baby!" Obviously, the baby didn't answer so he told me that he needed to say it louder and proceeded to YELL, "Hi baby!" Hopefully he'll love his little brother as much as he loves all other babies. Each time the baby wold cry during dinner, Peyton would alert us to that by saying, "The baby is sad. She's crying." I guess we won't need a baby monitor because we'll have Peyton!

Kyle and I ordered meals that included those little mini desserts. As Kyle doesn't eat dessert much (Weirdo!), he let Peyton choose the flavor that he wanted to eat. Being a smart boy, like his mommy, Peyton chose the chocolate cake. It took a good five minutes for the dessert to arrive at our table. This amount of time was unacceptable to Peyton. He asked, "Where is he?" (meaning the waiter) over and over. He even saw the waiter walk by one or two times to help another table. Peyton excitedly pointed and said, "There he is!" However, he didn't have the cake, so Peyton would get sad again. When the dessert finally arrived, he was so happy. He insisted on eating the cake with no help and ended up with chocolate everywhere - even on his nose!

After Peyton ate some of my soup, most of his own chicken entree, a lot of my rice, and the whole chocolate cake dessert, he ate his whole fortune cookie. I don't understand how is so thin, because the boy can eat! It was definitely an entertaining (an delicious!) dinner.