Applebee's Addiction

If you remember, Nathan used to have a strong liking for Chili's. He's since gotten over that and has replaced Chili's with Applebee's. In Rapid City I wouldn't ever take him to Applebee's because it was the worst restaurant on the planet, which I used to tell him. Anyways, we have an Applebee's close to our house here and Nathan has been telling me that this Applebee's is a good one and that I'll like it. One night I gave in and decided to take him and Kathryn to Applebee's to give Steve a break from us, so that he could get some reading done for school. Nathan was so excited and that was all he could think about. So naturally, I had to up my enthusiasm for Applebee's, as well. The three of us went one evening (When I say evening I actually mean 4 p.m. That is considered evening in my world now.) and ever since then, Nathan has been wanting to go back to Applebee's. It works out nicely though. I use Applebee's as a reward and bargaining tool. We let Daddy in on the excitement a couple of days ago. As you can see, though, Nathan refuses to sit with Steve and Steve refuses to sit with Kathryn. Lucky me.
Kathryn enjoys saltines and water while we wait for our food to arrive.

The first time we went to Applebee's here, Nathan was dead set on ordering some apples. Unfortunately, they don't offer apples and they don't have any apples in the kitchen to slice up in place of fries. Bunch of lazy liars. I cut him up an apple to satisfy his craving after we got home. Anyways, now Nathan makes it a point to tell me that Applebee's doesn't have any apples, they just have an apple on the sign.