Waiter, More Noodles Please!

Miss M has been a connoisseur of fine restaurants since birth. Her first meal out was at the Supper Cup Diner for breakfast at about two weeks old, her most recent was at the Erie Cafe on Sunday night... her tastes are definitely improving. We're pretty lucky actually, she does really well in restaurants. She's been out a ton and I can only count two or three times when I had wished we all could crawl under the table and die. This most recent night out she was in rare form, charming everyone including the waiter. We ordered buttered noodles for her... while not the most nutritious meal it is by far her favorite and when you're in a restaurant praying that your kid can keep quiet and entertained throughout the next hour the last thing you're worried about is nutrition. She ate those noodles with gusto, as well as part of a tomato slice, a bread stick, the tip of an asparagus spear, and some cheerios, throwing her hands up every ten minutes and announcing "All Done!" (show off, she was not all done, just hamming it up). At one point the waiter came to check on us and spoke directly to Miss M, "How are you doing Missy?". She was sipping on her sippy-cup at the time but was happy to respond to him, lowering her cup and saying "Ahhh" with an enormous smile on her face, causing the water she had been sipping to slide down her chin like a little waterfall. We all laughed, even the waiter. I mean, you have to assume that waitstaff cringes when they see a small child come in.. the screaming, the mess... but she had him won over in about five minutes, such a little charmer.