Sunday, February 3, 2013

Yo Dinner!


Caleb loves sushi. He started eating it in Monterey when Josh and I would order it (we never ate sushi in 29 Palms -- I didn't trust the idea of raw fish in the middle of the desert) and always wanted me to buy the jumbo sushi platters from Trader Joe's. Throw in his love of gouda and brie cheese and the kid has quite a unique palate. He discovered a new dimension to his sushi love when we went to Dubai and he saw Yo Sushi! a sushi-go-round restaurant where you pull the items you want off the conveyer belt. Ever since he found out there is one here in Bahrain, he has wanted to go. 

The different kinds of sushi are on different colored plates depending on price. Calvin is studying the menu's pictures to see if he can identify the different rolls floating by. My favorite was probably the spicy tuna roll, followed by an inside out salmon roll, and an udon noodle soup. What I thought might be BBQ eel turned out to be deep fried salmon skin. It wasn't my favorite. 

At the end of the meal, they tally up the different colored plates to determine the cost of our dinner. The rest of the kids will eat sushi, but they don't get as excited about it as Caleb. Carter lives for miso soup and simple vegetarian rolls. Calvin skips the soup and goes for any roll as long as there isn't fish on the outside -- he doesn't like the texture. Camille ate a bit of everything, including wasabi, and kept trying to push the button for the waitress (it was built into the counter in front of her). 

Sorting by color to figure out our total

A few last sips of miso soup


The end of last week (Wed/Thurs) Camille was still sick

(crashed in my lap)

So I ended up taking her to the doctor. Look at those sad, red rimmed eyes. 

Of course while we were waiting for the doctor, she perked right up and started playing with my phone. It always happens that way. 

Same kid as above, 30 minutes later. Right before the doctor came into the room. I'm the one with the tired eyes. Thankfully the doctor could hear she had crud in her chest and sinuses and since she'd already been sick for a week, gave me some antibiotics. 

3 days later (Sunday) she is begging for her bubble gum flavored medicine and happily plays with her dollhouse.

She's trying to give Nana doll a bath

She still has a cruddy sounding cough, but is doing much better. 

8 comments:

Amanda Towne said...

Glad to hear she's feeling better! My girls had a dollhouse almost identical to Camille's! :)

Anonymous said...

They have awesome sushi-go-rounds here in Okinawa-- Ransom is the only one who will eat sushi with us though. Everyone loves the miso and noodles-- any kind as long as it isn't in a fish broth. There is a sushi place called Newport Sushi here, and the chef owned a sushi restaurant in San Clemente, CA during a couple of the years we were stationed there-- crazy, huh? Glad Camille got some medicine and is feeling better- sick babies= no fun.
~Sue

Tina said...

Glad Camille is feeling better and you all can enjoy sushi together. There was actually a great sushi place in 29P, called Kimi Grill, which was located in the Yucca Valley Hotel just before you go down the hill. LOVED IT! BTW, that doll house is adorable. Wish I had some to play with!!

Mama G said...

Woah, what kind of doll house is that? I would have wanted that when I was little! I love wooden toys!

AG said...

Darling picture of you and Camille!!!

Robin said...

Leslie, it's this one by Plan Toys:http://www.amazon.com/Plan-Toys-Dollhouse-Series-Terrace/dp/B001E857Q4/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1360043598&sr=8-18&keywords=plan+toys+dollhouse

I love it because we can move the door, windows, staircase and deck around and it has removable walls/room dividers so it can change the layout of the house. When she gets a little older I'm going to get her the vegetable garden (because I love it): http://www.amazon.com/Plan-Doll-House-Vegetable-Garden/dp/B0001VVBBA/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Robin said...

I'm SURE your sushi is better than our sushi. YUM. It was pretty good, but the experience was more "fun" which made the average sushi worth it.

Robin said...

Someone told me that the place in Joshua Tree with the spray painted plywood sign that read "Sushi" was good too, but I wasn't going to test it out! ;)