Sunflower Drive-In and the Zoo

Toby and I went to a natural foods, vegetarian and vegan take out restaurant called "The Sunflower Drive-In" today. I've been wanting to check it out since we moved here because the reviews on-line are amazing.

Toby fell asleep on the way there so I had lots of time to take pictures of the place from the car.

It's in Fair Oaks, which is a very chicken friendly town. You have to watch out for chickens when you drive because there are chickens and roosters all over the place.

It was good, but we won't be going there very often. It's really out of the way, and it's more of a restaurant with primarily outdoor seating, than a fast food joint, or a drive-in. You have to wait in line to order so it doesn't have the kid-friendly convenience of a McDonalds drive thru or Sonic Drive-In - even though the food is much, much better, in so many ways. I practically inhaled my vegan nut burger and Toby really liked his vegan cookie too.

Then we went to the zoo - which is awesome. It's so cool to be able to go to the zoo whenever we want!

An older, much bigger boy at the zoo was going around yelling, "I'm a mountain lion! Rrrr!" and Toby responded, "I'm a little sleeping turtle." I love my little turtle. He is just the cutest little guy ever... most of the time.

Toby has also gotten over his fear of slides and mechanical toddler rides - which is both good and bad news, as the dump truck ride ended up costing me $2 in quarters now.

I met another mom at the zoo today. I gave her some wet wipes for her son's snotty nose and she invited us over to her house for dinner tomorrow. She gave me her phone number and address. Ah, the power of a well timed wet wipe offer to open the doors of potential friendship. I still can't believe that she invited me over to her home after just meeting me. I am excited and nervous about the whole thing. Underneath the gray hairs and crow's fee, I'm secretly 14 years old, and socially awkward as hell.