Jeremy and I were working on a big project all week, a project that involved me making lots and lots of balloon animals and not giving my children enough attention. We all had a rough week and we were all somewhat sick with something. The project is over, the balloons have all been popped and thrown away, so today we celebrated. Jeremy volunteered a couple Thursdays doing balloon animals at our local park. To say thanks they gave him 4 cards each good for $5 worth of food at the Purple Turtle. For you non-Utah Valleyites, the Purple Turtle is a kind of land mark in Pleasant Grove. It's this little fast food restaurant, the shape of it and roofing makes it look like a turtle shell. And it's purple. Hence the name. It's one of those places most people around Utah Valley know what you're talking about when you say The Purple Turtle. It's been around for years. Well, it just so happens that we now live a couple blocks away from the Purple Turtle. We pass it quite often, and Nichole is very familiar with the Purple Turtle by sight. Blah blah blah, ramble ramble ramble, now back to the plot. As soon as we got inside today (packed with people like most days), Nichole started getting really excited. "The Purple Turtle," pronounced by her without the R's (so cute). "I want ice cream." So, this is what we got: a kid's combo with corn dog, small fry, and a small drink, we got a chocolate kiddie shake, a hot fudge sundae (meaning vanilla ice cream with some fudge on it- I wasn't all that impressed), a turtle deluxe (hamburger with beef and ham/bacon and cheese and the usual toppings), sweet potato fries, and a Bubblegum shake (with real pieces of bubblegum) all for $2.65. That's what we had to pay after the $20 off. The prices at the Purple Turtle are horrible for fast food, in my personal opinion. But they're always so busy it seems. This is only our second time going. The last time was years ago. Anyway, the food we ordered all ended up being everyone's food. Well, we were all sick with the same thing so it couldn't get worse, could it?
We didn't finish all the "ice cream" so we brought them home. Luckily we live so close because they were enough of puddles just sitting in the car for the short ride. They are now in the freezer ready for the kids to enjoy them later.
When we got home Nichole wanted to show off her "hair brushing." She's so cute. Yay for celebrating.
I think it's funny that in the background of the picture it says "PURPLE" on the chalkboard. That had nothing to do with the Purple Turtle. The kids and I were learning about purple and what things are purple: eggplant, grape juice, Dad's shoes, just to name a few.
ReplyDeleteI think a mom that gets Christmas together overnight makes up for a day or so of 'not paying enough attention to my children.'
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