Days are getting hotter everyday. July 4th weekend had a sunny forecast. Currently NR’s food and sleep takes precedence over anything and everything in our life. And he is a happy boy when he gets his usual afternoon nap after lunch. With all the dietary restrictions, filling his tiny tummy is another big story. He likes routines and we try to accommodate his routine(s) in every possible way. This means, I live a life like my grandmother - cooking, cleaning, feeding, bathing and the cycle continues day by day without getting any break. And we get only two to three hours break to go out anywhere during weekends .
We went to our favorite hangout in downtown Portland - riverplace marina . We often go there and have dinner at my favorite seafood restaurant. We had a sweet surprise when we reached there. Portland's Blues festival was happening and we had a fantastic time. We went for our usual walk on the marina and spent time listening to fantastic music. NR loved every minutes of it. He loved the loud music(he is scared of loud sounds), the huge crowd and his favorite down town traffic with many trucks going on the marquam bridge.
The whole marina was filled with huge boats. Americans likes to spend time on their boats for July 4th weekend. Every boat had big families and they were grilling all kinds of food on the marina walkway on the water. Every adult we saw was sipping beer or other alcohol drinks and enjoying the grilled food. Seeing grandparents holding babies and toddlers running around the boats playing and shouting made me feel lonely. I miss those happy times with family.
BTW, my hardcore non vegetarian and coffee drinking husband has become green tea drinking vegetarian since 2008. My favorite sea food place doesn’t offer too many vegetarian selections so we went to this new restaurant on the marina (the bakery is out of business) which has opened just 4 weeks back. The owner is a warm friendly women from New Orléans. We had yummy lentil soup, vegetarian enchiladas and best veggie sandwich.
I have two picky eaters in my house hold who are making my life hard as hell when it comes to food. Sr inspite of becoming vegetarian likes only few vegetables and Jr has his own problem with food sensitivity. I wish somebody plans our weekly meals. Then I'll have to just cook and not break my head with weekly menu. Life is not that simple right? I am happy at least I enjoy cooking.
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