{"id":173,"date":"2010-08-02T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/fried-chicken-and-other-stuff\/"},"modified":"2018-04-21T17:22:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T17:22:31","slug":"fried-chicken-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/fried-chicken-and-other-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Fried Chicken and Other Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend Uncle Evan and Aunt M&#8217;Em brought my darling niece and nephew to Frisco to see our house and spend the day with us. Charlie did amazing. They played so well together &#8211; I think the only time I had to intervene was when she was being a little handsy at lunch. I never had cousins my age so I&#8217;m really pumped to see these three (and Ella too) grow up together.<\/p>\n<p>We introduced everyone to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babeschicken.com\/Babes-Chicken-Dinner-House-Frisco.html\">Babe&#8217;s Chicken <\/a>(thanks Casey) and as always, it didn&#8217;t disappoint. I&#8217;m a little concerned about the amount of Babe&#8217;s we&#8217;ve been consuming in our house &#8211; seriously, if I continue to eat like this I <em>will<\/em> be 300 pounds. It&#8217;s basically the most delicious family style joint you&#8217;ll eat at: you choose a meat &#8211; pot roast, smoked chicken and fried catfish being three of your choices &#8211; and they bring you more side dishes than you can possibly eat. Corn. Biscuits. Green beans. Mashed potatoes and gravy. All for&#8230;wait for it&#8230;10 bucks a person. Oh, and did I mention they have pie???<\/p>\n<p>So potty training starts this Saturday. As in, cold turkey, people. I&#8217;m <em>freaking<\/em> out about it. Have I mentioned Charlie&#8217;s regressed a bit in that department? She used to tell me as it was happening, like a real-time newsflash, but now, nothing. She seems content to walk around in it, and I find myself getting very annoyed. I just have no idea how it&#8217;s going to go. Will she still be in diapers when she&#8217;s in the 1st grade??<\/p>\n<p>I try to bring up the fact that now all of her friends use the potty (nothing like a little peer pressure to get a kid to spring into action) but alas, that tactic hasn&#8217;t worked. I guess we just have to rip off the band-aid and hope it doesn&#8217;t bleed. I told Vann we&#8217;d better get some waterproof pads to put over our new couch and I think he thought I was joking. He looked a little bit like a deer in headlights. Let&#8217;s just say that he&#8217;ll probably learn more about the female anatomy than he would ever, ever want to.<\/p>\n<p>Our day ended with a visit to my grandparent&#8217;s where the kids basically ransacked the place and we spent our time keeping them away from the knickknacks and glass coffee table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_EzNMDgf7WQE\/TFdE1nT8ZnI\/AAAAAAAAFac\/qk1hazDdQr8\/s1600\/8-2-2010%2B017.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500941157732738674\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/almostjuliet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/8-2-2010-017.jpg?w=628&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_EzNMDgf7WQE\/TFdE1dsG5bI\/AAAAAAAAFaU\/gq_KGLB5eZk\/s1600\/8-2-2010%2B016.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500941155149735346\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/almostjuliet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/8-2-2010-016.jpg?w=628&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend Uncle Evan and Aunt M&#8217;Em brought my darling niece and nephew to Frisco to see our house and spend the day with us. Charlie did amazing. They played so well together &#8211; I think the only time I had to intervene was when she was being a little handsy at lunch. 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