We try to get Arby’s at least once every time we come home. We don’t have anything like it in Japan and so we miss the taste of it. Every time we come home and get Arby’s, the same thing happen….Jason goes and talks smack about my beef ‘n cheddar.

Jason’s a roast beef man. He likes his sesame bun and the fact that there are no cheese sauce or Arby’s sauce added to his sandwich. He does not add ANY sauce to his sandwich…NONE!  How that man can choke down such a dry sandwich is beyond me.  (maybe that’s where E gets her madness from…)

I, on the other hand, love the chedder sauce that comes with beef ‘n cheddars. It’s much tastier with all the extra sauce and cheese oozing from the sandwich. I don’t like the original roast beef sandwich because it’s so dry and hard to choke down without the sauce already in it.

Anyway, we pretty much always banter back and forth about which one is better and this time, we have a third person to help us choose a side…E.

Since she began solids, we’ve been feeding her all sorts of stuff within bounds of reasons. So it’s quite normal that we’re feeding her bits of Arby’s.

Jason gave her bits of roast beef and bun from his sandwich and I gave her some of my beef ‘n chedder. Then to settle our debate, we both put pieces of our sandwich in front of E and whichever sandwhich she chose was the “better” one.

I was pretty confident I would win since she likes cheese and because she pretty much always chooses me.

I was wrong.

My child looked like she was going to come towards me but at the last minute she changed her mind and went towards the roast beef.

Talk about betrayal!

I still think that she chose Jason because he had his sandwich closer to her face than me.

I demand a retest!

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One day, she’ll get us back for this

The story…

As most of you know by now (and if you didn’t, well now you do), the Wendy’s franchise in Japan has closed up all their shops and pretty much left Japan.  This all happened during the New Year’s with the last day being the 31st of December.

Wendy’s has become sort of a staple for us since it’s the closest thing to an American style burger in Japan.  In fact, when we first moved to our new apartment, we were so happy to find out that we had one down the block from where we lived.

But alas, it is no more….

Being the crazy family that we are, Jason and I had Wendy’s several time during the last week of their operation.  E didn’t get to eat any since it’s not good for her but she was there to watch us consume our burgers.

We had our last burger there on the 30th since we had a feeling that it would be rather crowded on the 31st.  Wendy’s had gotten progressively more crowded as the end drew nearer so it was a safe assumption for us.

Here is our last Wendy’s meal

Ah, just look at that nice juicy burger…

E was feeling a little sad too since she will never know the taste of Wendy’s in Japan :(

On the 31st, although we didn’t eat there, we did stop by to say our goodbyes to Wendy.  It was pretty crowded as we had predicted.  This is the line at a half hour before they officially closed forever.

The lady in this picture was the very last customer.  You can see all the employees standing in the back, not know what to do now that the last order has been made.

Such a sad, sad day…

If you were wondering what happened, this is what Wendy’s looked like the day after.  The employees are all standing at the door watching the delivery man pack up what is left over.  I’m assuming it is probably going back to the US…

I wonder what they plan to do with that space now that it’s vacant.  It’s not only this Wendy’s but several other ones that we go by often that looks sad and forlorn now that Wendy’s no longer occupy the spaces.  Let’s hope that something good will take it’s place….

Hopefully…

We spent most of our first week at my in-law’s house since Gilbert, Jason’s older brother, took time off to see us.  I spent Monday out shopping for baby stuff with meems and Wednesday helping her out with some last minute wedding preparations but other than that, the rest of the week was spent relaxing at home with Gilbert.

On one of our “outings” with Gilbert, we went to the Souplantation for dinner.  E was for the most part cooperative since she slept a bit while we ate.  She woke up halfway through dinner and watched us eat while drooling.

So to commemorate her dining at an American family all-you-can-eat dining establishment, we have….more pictures!

E and Jason.  You can see the massive drool area on her bib.  The sock/mitten on her right hand is there to keep her from scratching the dry skin around her neck that developed after we came back to the US.  Just like her father, change in environment and temperature makes them itchy.

Ever since she started grabbing things a few weeks ago, she has been taking advantage of her new ability by grabbing food and plates on the table.  I believe she was aiming for some food that was left over on Jason’s plate….I think.  Either that or she was getting ready to suck on the edge of the table.

She got a little upset when we kept pushing all the plates away from her so I gave her a little soft serve for her to taste.  She seemed to like it which worries me a little.  She might have picked up bad eating habits from me…..

We also gave her some water from a cup.  She tries to lick the outside of the cup when trying to drink but I think she’s starting to understand how to drink from a cup.  With a little more practice I’m sure she will figure it out soon enough.  As a reward for her efforts, we gave her some water from a spoon.  Just look at her go!

She’s so cute :)  It’s hard to believe how fast she’s growing up!

Mommy and daddy took us to eat at the hamster cafe today! It’s limited time only and that’s why we are very excited!

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