Remember when I took the kids to the Aquarium during Spring Break, and they behaved like angels and I could barely believe my luck?
They have done it AGAIN.
On our anniversary last Saturday, we didn't get a babysitter but still wanted to go out and celebrate, and I had also decided that there's no reason a celebration of our marriage shouldn't include our kids, so we ventured to the town square, hoping to visit a favorite little Italian place. [Aside: I have never considered myself a lover of Italian restaurants or cuisine. And for a date, it's so cheesy, right? Every movie and TV show always puts the dating scene at an Italian restaurant and I've never felt that spaghetti/pasta (cheap, messy) and meatballs (balls... of meat?) are particularly romantic -- especially not now, when I make spaghetti in my own kitchen 2-3 times a month. I don't know. I mean, obviously we order the grown-up entrees like Chicken Marsala and Lobster Ravioli, but still. I just find it amusing every time I report that we have been to a "favorite Italian place." Like, Who Am I?]
KT's usual claim is that she doesn't LIIIIKE that restaurant, whichever restaurant it is besides McDonald's or Stevi B's Pizza, so I wasn't real hopeful we could make it happen without at least one meltdown. But we did!! Serendipitously, the only tables available were outside. We knew that was the better option, anyway, to drown out our noise with passing cars and not bother the other patrons. And the weather was perfect. Almost too warm, but not quite. The kids ordered and ate their food (plain pasta for KT, spaghetti with a giant meatball for AJ), drank WATER (miracle) willingly, stayed in their chairs, and were generally so pleasant that I declared it one of the BEST anniversary dates we've ever had! (I hope DH wasn't offended by that.)
This weekend is AJ's First Communion and Grandparents' Day at his school, so ya-ya-ma and Papa Joe arrive this afternoon. The kids have been COUNTING DOWN and are so excited. Yesterday they both kept saying, "I can't wait for tomorrow. I can't wait."
We have a lot of plans for the weekend, and I think it's going to be a good one. :)
4 comments:
Happy Anniversary. Hope your first communion weekend goes well. Sophie's was on April 22. I got teared up and I'm not even Catholic (hubby is).
Enjoy the milestone day with your boy. Congratulations to AJ.
Happy anniversary (again)! We have taken kids with us for dinner the last few years. It is rarely perfect, but they should be with us to celebrate our marriage. (To be honest, though, we also usually get out without kids too)
Caleb is also making his 1st Communion this weekend. And my baby turns two! What?!
Hope your weekend is wonderful.
Ordering plain pasta -- what a great idea! Why haven't I thought of this?! Happy Anniversary, my friend! Congrats on your marriage and awesome family!
It was a wonderful weekend! Thanks for letting us enjoy it with all of you!!
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