Play Date!

The kids and I went on a play date with one of Gabriel's friends from school, her sister and her grandmother. This was the first play date we have ever been on. Shane was, of course, sleeping from working the night before and from the lack of sleep he got on Sunday with me having to work and all. We met them at Chick-fil-A at 10am for breakfast. Apparently, CFA just changed their breakfast menu, because now all of the combos come with the fruit cup instead of hashbrowns. If you want the hashbrowns instead, it's a $1.30 upcharge. Oh yeah, you read that correctly, they charge more for substituting hashbrowns for fruit!!! Now, I kinda get it. You (CFA) are now forcing me to eat healthy and penalizing me for making an unhealthy choice. That's actually pretty cool, since it's usually the other way around, but in the grand scheme of things, the hashbrowns cost at TON less than fresh fruit. It's a good thing I usually only get the biscuit and a drink. (I really wanted those hashbrowns this morning, though) Anyway, they screwed up and gave us fruit cups anyway, so we had to have them bring us hashbrowns and we kept the fruit cups and the kids ate them! (Bonus!!)

We ate our food and then let the kids go outside on the playground while we sat and chatted about how our summer had gone so far. I think the kids played for a little over an hour before they started to get cranky from the heat and the running around. Plus, by that time it was lunch and there were lots of kids showing up with their "stay at home mommies." We decided it was in our best interest to call it a day. They are going out of town for a week and we will be out of town next weekend, so we plan to get together again before school starts.

After the play date, I decided to let the kids have a treat since they were cranky and hot. We stopped at the local froyo place and I bought us all a cup of tastiness! The kids really liked it. Then, we came home for a few hours before we had to leave again.

I learned today that I am dependent upon Shane to get Gabriel ready for Martial Arts class. I didn't know that his gee had a button on the side for a strap and, although I looked it up on YouTube, I could NOT tie his belt correctly to save my life!! I ended up bringing it untied with me and letting one of the employees do it for me. I have now made it my goal to learn the proper way to tie it!! Speaking of Martial Arts, our free trial ends this week and I officially registered him for ongoing classes! I hope it really helps him with his focus and self esteem. They are having a belt test in a couple of weeks, but I don't think Gabriel will be ready for it, but he should be by September. We'll see...

Oh, lastly, I am now reading, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It's a pretty short read and it's kinda strange. It's just interesting enough to keep me wondering, but it's not SO interesting that I cease to function due to the inability to put it down. I think I'm about a third of the way through it. It's about a baby that manages to escape being murdered like the rest of his family by leaving the house and going to the graveyard up the hill. The mother's ghost asks the ghosts of the graveyard to look after him and keep him safe, so they do. So, this kid is growing up in a graveyard. Weird, right?