A Very Chistoso Day

Chistoso meaning humorous.

Today was the day that daddy decided to take me to lunch for this month. Since Bruce is off, he went too. And also my mother. We had a really good time.

We decided to do Mexican and ended up at Los Arcos. They're a Mexican buffet in the afternoon and it's awesome.

Before entering the restaurant, daddy said that once we entered, we could no longer speak English. Everything we said had to be in Spanish. So naturally, being the only word we all knew in Spanish, I said, "SI!"

Well, mother took him seriously. So upon entering the restaurant, she continually repeated the one word she knew. "Si" this, "Si" that. "Smoking or non-smoking," we were asked. "Si" she replied. "What would you like to drink?" "Si," she said with a smile. The Spanish speaking employees were obviously thinking to themselves as they listened to her, "loca." Meaning she's crazy.

Truth be told, they found her quite charming. It was her accent that really cracked us up. I don't know, maybe it's just me. Spanish is a beautiful language however, when it is pronounced with a North Carolina southern drawl it loses something in the translation. You know?

She did learn some new words today. Agua (water), Gracias (thank you), and Donde esta el bano? (where is the bathroom?) OK, so she didn't learn that last phrase, but she should have. No sooner did we exit the restaurant, we had to stop at McDonald's so she could "go." LOL

We made our way to TCBY where they bought us a White Chocolate Mouse waffle cone. Oh yum. I ate a few bites of mine and gave it to Bruce. I was just too stuffed to eat anything else. But it was really good. Anyway, they took us to this little discount grocery store in town and loaded us up on all kinds of goodies and groceries. That was so sweet of them. We love this little store. It's run by a Christian couple and all along the walls are Bible verses. Their son will graduate from homeschool next year and hopes to attend Ambassador Bible College.

Bruce and I had a wonderful afternoon with my parents. A day we'll never forget, I'm sure!