My husband and I were having a cup of coffee after dinner still seated at the table. Our little 5 year old waitress came up dressed in white ruffles with pink edging and sparkly white and pink tenny shoes with a small spiral pad and a pencil and said, "I'm your waitress, what do you want?"
So my husband and I smiled and he said, "I would like a hamburger with cheese, tomato, lettuce, pickle, on a sesame seed bun with a side of onion rings, and an unsweetened tea."
"Ok, she said" as she scribbled lines on the pad, she had not learned to write yet.
She turns to me and asks, "What do you want?"
I thought, "Not the friendliest waitress we ever had but..."
I order a grilled cheese sandwich with mayonnaise, tomato, on whole wheat with a side of fries and a water with lemon."
"Ok, I'll be right back!" the waitress goes into the first floor pretend bedroom kitchen and returns to say...
"We're all out of tomatoes. What else do you want?"
She still has her pad and pencil.
We both say, "The same without the tomatoes."
She scribbles on the pad again and says,"Ok." and she leaves again.
Now she returns and says, "We are out of onion rings, what else do you want?"
Pulling out the pad to scribble again.
My husband says, "I'll have fries like your mother."
"Ok." Back to the bedroom, a pause and then she returns again.
"We are all out of cheese." Out comes the pad with pencil in hand waiting...
"Ok," Dad, "I'll just take the burger without cheese.
Mom, "And I'll just have the fries."
She scribbles and off...
Now she returns to announce they have no buns or bread.
"Ok."
Now mother says, "It would be easier to ask you, What do you have that we can eat?'
She says, "You Dad can have a burger and you Mom can have fries."
"Sounds delicious! Thank you, we'll have a burger for dad and fries for me."
She goes to the pretend bedroom kitchen and comes out without the pad and has pretend plates in her hands. She places these invisible plates in front of us on the table and says, "There."
Then she places pretend drinks in front of us, and says "Here's you tea and water."
"Is my lemon in there?"
"No, we are out of lemons today."
"Ok, thanks."
"I say this looks delicious, and we are so hungry, thank you."
She smiles and looks so happy we play along with her imagination.
I say, "Can I have some ketchup for these fries?'
She says, "Nope all out of ketchup today too."
I should have known better... 😉
Happy Birthday to our wonderful creative daughter, all grown up she is still a barrel of laughs and fun and she is still in charge of her own life. So thankful for the woman you are, so proud of all you have accomplished in life and the many laughs we have together as always.
Love always, Mom & Dad
