This mess is the result of a meal at Dizzy’s Diner near Prospect Park after a family-friendly Halloween event (Yep! This post is few months late! #momlife). We went with our friends and their toddler, who is two months younger than Boo Boo.
There was fun to be had by all: Malbec for the grown-ups and an ATM for the toddlers to play with. We went there around 6 pm, which seemed to be a popular time for families of young children, either because that’s what time a lot of toddlers eat or because other patrons knew it would be teaming with toddlers and avoided the place entirely.
Anyway, I started documenting the carnage after I gave up trying to control it. In a way trying to control the carnage seemed to feed the carnage. We kept throwing spaghetti at the wall as a means of contenting the kiddies and keeping them in their high chairs: take the toy car, take your frog on wheels, take all the crayons, sure, draw on everything, and yes, please play with the basket the fries came in if it makes you happy–just let us finish our wine, okay?!
The owner and the staff were friendly and very tolerant, but it was the ATM that sealed the deal. Boo Boo and his friend concluded that the cash dispenser was meant for plastic beach toys. They tried to fit as many cups in it as possible and pounded on them with a shovel for good measure. Maybe we should have stopped them from playing with the victimized machine, but watching toddlers have a go at it a la 2001: A Space Odyessy is pretty amusing. And if your kids don’t amuse you I just don’t know what they’re good for.
While the food was great at Dizzy’s, what was really great and also surprising was that they told us to come back again.
Okay!
Please Don't Lick the Taxi 
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