"And a Latté for My Mommy"

My mother in law came to visit and we decided to take a trip to the beautiful Peaks of Otter. We were hoping to spot some deer and ended up with a surprise around the lake-tons of frogs, most of them still with their tadpole tails. We saw a couple of deer, but they were way across the lake, and then I spotted a snake wriggling into its hole. After a failed attempt to sneak up to a large black bird, we stopped in the gift store to look around and then headed for a surprise lunch for the kids at McDonalds. But as soon as we turned on the road to leave, we spotted a deer about four feet from the car on the passenger side. We stopped and gawked for a few minutes and then another deer approached the driver side. So Elijah and Arabella each had a close look at a deer and we considered the day a success.

Our next stop was to McDonalds for lunch and the kids were thrilled that they were getting a special treat for lunch. Unfortunately, the poor worker probably had a hard time hearing our actual order with my son repeating, quite loudly, "and a latté for my mommy, please..." My conflicting thoughts...."What a great son that he'd be more concerned about my coffee than his lunch" followed quickly by "Am I really that bad when I don't have it?"