Fun Day Sunday

This last Sunday MFKL and i took the kids out and got some Lebanese food, which they loved! It was the first time we had taken them to an authentic Lebanese place to eat. My boys love hummus, veggies, lamb, yogurt, and homemade pita bread, so they were in utter heaven. I am pretty sure they ate more than MFKL and i.

The restaurant was very authentic except for the Hispanic's cooking in the kitchen and the Justin Timberlake playing on the stereo.  But, if you could get around those things, Nicolas is a great place to eat real Lebanese if you are in Portland. We definitely will be going back soon.

The next stop on our fun day Sunday adventure was to the nickle arcade, which the boys love. I love it on the weekdays because there is nobody there except for other little kids and usually very few at that. But, (sigh) it was what the boys wanted to do so MFKL and i downed a couple beers and off we went.

It was very busy and there were plenty of adults there without kids and kids without adults. We signed up a few months back for there loyalty program, whatever the fuck that means. Every so often they send us coupons for free entry and free nickles. So we only end up spending $10 on nickles and about 2 hours playing games. Meaning we get more than our money's worth. We ended up with 2020 tickets to buy prizes with at the end of our trip. The boys got of course candy, a robot arm grabber thing and also a helicopter that you can launch into the air over 100 feet. Best of all, i only had to stare down two parents and one kid, i think this was the most positive trip to the nickle arcade ever.

When we got home we enjoyed a much needed beer and let the kids play outside in between rain showers. All in all a good day, we even got the car cleaned out and some projects started in the lady cave when papa was taking a nap. It only took took two minutes to put the kids to bed they were so tired. I love nights where there is no fighting them to go to sleep and i have time to spend with MFKL without the kids before he has to go to bed. Mission acomplished!