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After one week abroad I already have more stories than I have time to write about. We have been living out of suitcases since 12/21, creatively eating in hotel rooms with two children, playing charades with everyone we interact with (transactional situations being the most interesting) and have had restaurant episodes that rank in at #1 and #2 on the "not so smooth" dinner time top 10 list:

#2 - First two pics above. Dylan was crabbing for roughly 30 minutes straight until his food arrived. We cut up chicken parm for Maddie into pieces and waited patiently for our meals which were to be up shortly. As the waiter is about to place my food in front of me -- Maddie takes her first bite of the meal, which immediately triggered a gag reflex that sent her food back up-and-out on her lap (I was there to make the game winning catch). The waiter didn't know what to do, one thing's for sure -- I could tell by the look on his face that this was a first for him!

....and number 1....

#1 - For dinner one night we decided to try out the hotel restaurant. We arrived at 6pm which is very early for dinner in Brazil (usually restaurants do not start filling up until 8ish) -- we were the first people in the joint! Problem was, they didn't open the main dining room until 7:30 -- no problem, they sat us down in a fancy lounge area, they even put a "reserved" sign on our table! We approached our "reserved" table and were starting to get situated when Madison decides to lean up on the table (maybe even sit on it) -- the rest is history. The table was in two pieces and Madison, who was startled, cried for a minute before she realized nothing happened to her... and that was our ticket into the dining room.  Time spent at "reserved" shattered table: 30 seconds.