Our Night Out

We went out to dinner tonight with the kids. We told them that if they were good at dinner we'd head over to the mall and go to "play-day" (their name for the play area). They agreed and we were off.

As we are driving, H is in the back seat reading every sign she can see. Then, K says, "Hey, there's I Hop." N and I looked at each other stunned. We have never taken them to IHOP nor have we ever talked about taking them there. I asked how he knew it was IHOP and he said he saw it on the TV. Can you say too much screen time?

Our kids were so good at dinner. We actually had a nice time. I guess the bribe worked. So, like we'd promised, we went over to play-day. We have an unwritten rule that if the kids don't leave when we say it's time to go we won't come back. Ever. They ran right in and started playing. This was actually M's first time playing and he loved it. He was downright giddy. He giggled any time he went near one of the play structures. I was kicking myself for not having my camera with me. And, miracle of miracles, when we said it was time to go the kids actually left. Without complaining.

We might just have to go out again some day.