Our Night Out

A day after Valentine's Day, we got ourselves for an evening treat. It meant to be alone without having to watch our sons for three hours!

Ryan's Extension Student Service (ESS) staff offered parents to have their time out from the kids for three hours. It only cost me six dollars per child with a dinner, refreshment and a night movie. Dylan joined with his brother. What a great deal!

As soon we dropped our boys off, they dashed off to greet their friends for a couple of hours. While they were there, they ate home-made spaghetti, fruit punch and M& M Cookies. (We could see the spaghetti sauce around Ryan's mouth and his shirt when we came to pick them up.)

Throughout the night, they played a little bit of musical game, video game and a movie, "Eloise at the Plaza." This is one of the Disney movies I have never heard, so wonder what do you think of this movie especially for the boys?

While the boys were having fun at ESS, we had a nice, relaxing dinner at this popular restaurant, Casa de Pico, We indeed were lucky to avoid the long waiting line. It was due to that David immediately dropped me off while he was looking for a place to park our van before the people came to this restaurant. Throughout our dinner meal, we didn't feel the pressure because we released our tensions for watching our sons so long.
After we had our wonderful dinner ALONE, we went to one of our favorite places: bookstores. We bought our books including for the boys.

By the time we came to pick them up, they didn't want to leave their evening with their friends. In fact, they pleaded us to stay "five more minutes" to be with their friends. While we were there, they played a little bit of hide and seek with flashlights, and took pictures of their friends. (There were 35 of them.) Clearly, many parents appreciated the staff for giving us a break!

It made us smile because we felt it was a win-win situation for us to be separated for the evening.