I was supposed to have dinner with my long lost friend tonight. And hubby was going to keep the kids. Except hubby works for UPS, and they don't actually allow you to make plans in December. So what happened was that I had to take all 3 kids to dinner with my friend because we don't get to see each other often...and selfishly, I just wanted to see her AND not make dinner.
You would think my children have never been in a restaurant or that I hadn't already prepped them in the van about what kind of behavior I expected. Because the way the night went makes me feel COMPLETELY responsible if aforementioned friend never has children. In an hour and a half (roughly), here's what we experienced:
1. Little Buddy shoving a chip up his nose, then jamming his finger in to try to get it out, burying it further. He eventually was able to blow hard enough to get it out.
2. All 3 children fighting over the "play dough" at Chevy's, resulting in some of it getting thrown at aforementioned friend.
3. Little Buddy throwing his hat into the air, resulting in a hat covered with beans and rice (which I made him wear home because..well, it's cold out there.)
4. Keeping the waitress extra busy bringing us new forks as ours mysteriously kept ending up on the floor.
5. Little Buddy eating chips off of the floor.
6. Little Sissy crawling on the chip-covered floor, pretending to be a puppy.
They're my children and even I was feeling overwhelmed, so I'm sure we didn't make the "larger family" life seem so appealing. My heart was kind of won over at the end, at least, by the tortilla dough rings they made before we left. I better start posting some "cute kid" anecdotes quick! :)
2 comments:
Lots of hugs to you! I can totally relate. Hope you were able to enjoy seeing your friend.
Well, at least they give you such fun things to blog about! Life would sure be boring without them.
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