Hopefully everyone is having a great long weekend. I’m not sure where everyone else lives that is reading this, but here in Buffalo, NY it is fantastic outside. Memorial Day always ends up being the welcoming of great weather and other awesome things. Yesterday was one of the first days where I got to really enjoy an entire day of activities with my daughter. Maybe that sounds odd…I guess what I’m trying to say, is that it was one of the first days that we were able to go hang out around the city with Amelia, where I was confident she was having a really good time. Like you can take a new baby and go out somewhere, but its not the same as when the baby gets to be that age where you can see that she is reacting to the environment around her, showing signs of “having fun”, smiling at people, seeing new things. It was really awesome.
We started off first thing in the morning with a trip to the Elmwood/Bidwell farmer’s market. It occurs every Saturday in the park starting around mid May. If you ever visit the city and are here on a Saturday, its worth going to. The market is loaded with flowers and plants, baked goods, wine, beer, cheese, salsa, free range meats and produce from local farms. All being sold in the beautiful Bidwell Park, in the heart of the Elmwood Village. For this activity we used the stroller with Amelia as it would serve us well for stroage.
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| My wife snatching up some rhubarb for a delicious pie. |
We walked out of the Farmer’s Market with pork chops, flowers for our garden, 2 growlers of beer, and some rhubarb. The entire time, the baby was all smiles, taking in everything. We headed home with our stuff and the baby took her little nap.
Once Amelia woke up, she had her lunch, then it was back to the village for a coffee. This time we changed it up, and used the device where I basically wear the baby. During her nap I went and ran 8 miles, I didn’t take that into consideration when I strapped 20+ pounds onto my chest for another stroll around town. It was painful, but enjoyable. Of course our trip out for coffee was immediately altered by the food truck party that seemed to be happening. One awesome thing about our city, is that we have a plethora of food trucks that serve top notch food. I’m not talking about those shitty pickup trucks that drive from work site to work site selling terrible instant foods that you get at a gas station. These are straight up mobile kitchens with restaurant caliber food. Its pretty awesome. We decided to go with the mac and cheese truck, “
Fally Mac.”
Check out the menu:
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Mac & Cheese:
The Plain Jane Plain mac and parmesan crumbs, classic.
Oh Gee Mac N’ Chee! Enjoy hot sauce on mac? Try this out.
Summer Roll Mac (vegan) Sweet and spicy thai flavors.
Beef & Weck Mac Like the sandwich, you’ll love the mac.
Green Apple Mac Sharp cheddar, tart apples, yummy times.
Pink Lobster Mac Made with love –oh, and of course lobster.
Not Mac & Cheese:
Thai Basil Tomato Soup: Tomato soup with a tasty twist.
Edamame Succotash: Sufferin’ succotash, this stuffs good!
Meatloaf on Ciabatta: A classic homemade favorite, now grilled.
We both went with the Beef & Weck Mac. Nicole had actually gotten it the last time we saw the truck and it was delicious. This time, it was just as delicious, but a little watery. We did however choose prime lunch time and the truck had a line of people around it. It was really busy. No complaints though, it was delicious.
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| Full speed ahead with this little baby! |
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| I love this kid. |
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| Waiting for some mac and cheese. |
After the mac and cheese, we grabbed some coffee and headed home. Again, another outing where the baby had a great time out and about, no issues! We went home, did some playing, and she went down for another nap. When she woke up, we did more playing, fed her some dinner and decided to test our luck. The Dinosaur BBQ had recently opened their Buffalo location, and we had yet to pay it a visit. It’s hard when you have a little one. We decided to call up our two friends to meet us out and headed down. This was going to be a true test because we would be arriving at the Dinosaur at around 5. Amelia’s bedtime is usually around 6:30-7pm. The closer you get, the more unpleasant she becomes. When we arrived, we were sat instantly. Amelia was having the best time. She thought she was the coolest. We would be taking, and you would look over and she would be just looking at you with a huge shit eating grin on her face, leaning back, totally cool.
The day ended up being fantastic! An entire day just hanging out with me wife and kid. I enjoyed every second of it. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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