My husband\u00a0and I have often talked about having date night one on one with our boys.\u00a0 But, we have always ended up staying together.\u00a0 Well, we finally made the break, and had an official date date with our sons.\u00a0 I took ‘A’ and DH took ‘R’.<\/p>\n
One thing to know about ‘A’ is that he LOVES to talk and his brain is always on the go.\u00a0 It is hard to always listen to him and I admittedly do not always give him undivided attention.\u00a0 For this night, I wanted to just absorb my son.\u00a0 I wanted to hear everything he had to say and watch his every move.\u00a0 I wanted to be 100% present for him.<\/p>\n
I asked ‘A’ if he wanted to know what I had planned, but he said he wanted the night to be a surprise.\u00a0 On the way to our first destination, we played a round of 20 questions.\u00a0 This is something he loves to do when we are in the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We started out at Jamba Juice.\u00a0 They make these yummy little flatbread pizzas.\u00a0 ‘A’ loves\u00a0the MediterraneYUM and lemonade.\u00a0 I enjoyed just sitting there, staring into his eyes and listening to all he had to say.<\/p>\n
Then, we moved next door to Petroglyph, the ceramics studio.\u00a0 ‘A’ picked out a gecko to paint, and I painted another napkin ring.\u00a0 He had never painted anything like this before and enjoyed it.<\/p>\n
After that, I asked him, “if you could have any dessert tonight, what would it be?”\u00a0 He thought about it and replied, “chocolate cake”.\u00a0\u00a0 Hmmmm, I was thinking he’d say gelato or a sundae.\u00a0 Where does one find a slice of chocolate cake?\u00a0 Then it dawned on me, the king of chocolate cake….Claim Jumper!\u00a0 It had been ages since I have been to a Claim Jumper, but I recall they had a big slice of chocolate cake.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We went there, and I took one look at the slice and said, “um, yeah, no, that’s not going to happen.”\u00a0 It was six layers and $10!\u00a0 ‘A’ never saw it, so he does not know what he’s missing.\u00a0 We ordered him an old fashioned chocolate cupcake ala mode and a glass of milk.\u00a0 He was in heaven.\u00a0\u00a0 We talked about the Tom and Jerry cartoon, and more 20 questions.<\/p>\n
DH and ‘R’ still weren’t home when we got home, so we cuddled on the couch and watched a movie.\u00a0 I was tired and wanted to go to bed, so I had ‘A’ join me and we played more 20 questions until the rest came home.<\/p>\n
DH and ‘R’ went to Spaghetti Factory and a movie.\u00a0 It was such a sweet night.\u00a0 This needs to be a regular event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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