Kevin and Josh had a boy’s night out yesterday. They headed downtown to see a one man show where one guy acted out Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Amazingly enough, neither Kat nor I were interested in attending this play. They had a great time though so all was well with the force.<\/p>\n
I decided to have a girls’ night and loaded up the twerps and headed to our new Red Robin. I like the chicken burgers and the munchkins love the mac and cheese. All was going great when we arrived. We got our balloons, sat down, started sipping milk, when Leina’s eyes turned into saucers and she began screaming at the top of her lungs. She jumped up on the booth seat and literary crawled across the table into my arms screaming, “MAKE IT GO AWAY MOMMY! MAKE IT GO AWAY!”<\/p>\n
I was totally confused, concerned, and worried. What had caused my child to be reduced to a mass of screaming, crying and shaking child? Mr. Red Robin himself.<\/p>\n
I knew Leina hated big characters. When we took her to Disneyland, the sight of the giant Mickey Mouse sent her into a full blown panic attack. Whenever a character appeared, Leina started screaming and shaking uncontrollably. Now, I expected giant mice and ducks at the Magic Kingdom. I was totally unprepared for a giant Red Robin to appear tableside on a Thursday night in Sherwood.<\/p>\n
But he did.<\/p>\n
Leina never ate a bite of food. She spent the entire meal in my lap tracking that big red bird. Everytime he turned our way, she would start screaming and crying. When he began moving closer, she would start chanting, “oh poop, oh poop, oh poop” louder and louder and louder as he got closer and closer and closer. Thank goodness we don’t swear or I’m quite sure “poop” would have morphed into another four letter word.<\/p>\n
It got so bad that I asked to speak with the manager and asked if he could keep the Red Robin away from us. He was very understanding and did his best. He also let me in on the fact the Mr. Robin patrolled the floor every Tuesday and Thursday. Suffice to say, we will never return there for a meal on either of those days.<\/p>\n
Leina is still talking about her bird adventures. She assures me that she is no longer scared of the robin and is willing to go back and talk to him. I, however, am still quite traumatized. Thankfully, Kulia found the whole experience totally exciting. Thank goodness. Having one shaking kid on my lap is bad enough. I can’t imagine hosting two!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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