Welcome to Moe's!

So, you've already read about Ben's first outing and his first trip to the park.  This time, we headed out to his first restaurant.  Evan went to his first restaurant, Leena's Cafe, when he was only a few days old.  Ben waited until he was over a week before we headed out to Moe's Southwest Grill.  He was 8 days old.

We headed to Moe's because Evan loves it, and his Mom is a pretty big fan as well.  It's always nice to go to a restaurant where Evan will actually eat the food, and Moe's makes a pretty mean kids' quesadilla.  We hopped in the car with Grandma and Grandpa, met up with out friends Quinn, Abby, and Jonas, and made our way to Moe's.  We had a pretty uneventful lunch sitting outside.  Ben had a great time taking a little snooze in his carseat.  Evan and Quinn ate about two bites of their lunches and weren't even particularly interested in their cookies.

Their eyes were drawn toward the fountain next door to Moe's, so after trying unsuccessfully to coax more food into them, we let the boys go play near the fountains.  They are definitely getting more curious, and perhaps less concerned with their own safety as they get older.  Before we knew it both boys were leaning over the ledge, trying to touch the water, and almost dunking themselves in while they were at it! 

It was a great first restaurant experience for Ben, and probably not the last Moe's experience for any of us.  (On a related note, Gram and I are just getting over a fairly nasty bout of food poisoning courtesy of a later trip to Moe's, so our next visit might not be for a little while.)

(The boys dangle over the edge of the fountain.)

(Hopefully the younger brothers aren't learning too much from their older brothers' example!)