On top of that, I have become friends with the two awesome women who run the volunteer and recreation programs for the convent, and we have had some fun nights out along the way.
Today we visited the convent. I know it's NOT the last time we'll visit, but it was still bittersweet because we won't be able to every week. N and I regularly visit a 97 year old Sister, while M hangs out in the office with the ladies, or follows them to the dining room in the hopes of charming the kitchen staff into giving him a cookie. When it was time to leave, I almost had to drag M, kicking and screaming because he loves those ladies!
Fortunately, we had another stop to make that enticed M to leave quietly: we went to meet hubby for lunch at Mother's Pizza. I was so excited when they re-introduced this chain to our area, because I have great memories of going there as a kid, and today's lunch did not disappoint! The root beer float was heavenly and the pizza was delicious. Having lunch with hubby is such a nice treat for the kiddies. They absolutely revere him, and just think he's the coolest person ever.
Did I mention the root beer float??
Last night, super-cool hubby bought us a storage ottoman so that we can just chuck in all of the kids' toys and close the lid. We used to have several bins and boxes, but now we can consolidate them, AND it adds extra seating to our room. After lunch at Mother's, N went down for a nap, and M and I cleaned the playroom and loaded up the new box, before it was time for him to have a nap as well. The kids only had 20 minutes to play before dinner so they didn't do much damage to the clean floor, but we'll see how it goes tomorrow.
Here is the "before" shot:
How do I have no recollection of this pizza parlour? So strange. I did some research to see if I could spark any memory of the place, but no luck. HowEVER ... did you know?
ReplyDelete"In the mid-80’s, Mother’s became publicly traded and the original owners sold their stake in the company to a new group of investors, many of these investors were Toronto Blue Jays one of whom was Ernie Whitt. It was during this time that the chain began to struggle with increased competition and other factors."
...Cool!!!
But also, more tragically:
"In 1989, Little Caesar’s purchased the franchise and began to close many of the Mother’s sit-in locations and change the existing take-out and delivery locations into Little Caesar’s. By the early 90’s all Mother’s locations were closed or converted."
BA-SGUSTING.
So glad they've come back from that dark foray into the WORST PIZZA EVAR.
That's all. Can't wait for more adventures tomorrowwww!
B2