Tale of Two Nights on the City

Last night was an unusual Friday night. Generally, we go out with my whole family to a family friendly restaurant and then to Barnes and Noble. Last night, I went out with my college roommate and Bryon took the kids on a date.

Earlier this week, I called my roommate out of the blue. She and I live in the same town and were always great about getting together until she added her second child and I added my third. We hadn't seen much of each other this year and we decided that we should do it soon.

Here was the progression of our talk:

"Let's get together with the kids."
"Actually, let's get together without the kids while they are in MDO."
"Actually, why don't we go out on the weekend so we can go to dinner and a movie!"

I don't have to tell you which one we voted for! Since it had been so long since we got together, we opted for Friday night.

Bryon was happy with this. He loves spending time with the 5 of us, but I think he secretely loves having alone time with the kids. He had been planning their date for days!

Lisa and I went to out to dinner and we caught up quickly with what the other one was doing. Her oldest is a girl who is Thomas's age and her youngest is a boy who is ME's age. We had good laughs about what I should expect from a little girl (Supposedly I need to brace for whines and drama). And what she should expect from a little boy. (Batten down the hatches!)

In the meantime, Bryon took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese's. They ate pizza and played games. Apparently ME enjoyed herself and Bryon took pictures of her with her arm over the seat driving with Thomas.

Lisa and I then went to Barnes and Noble to partake in "Happiness in a Cup". This is the moniker my friends and I have given to our beloved Chai Latte. When we were driving to B&N, I asked Lisa what she liked to drink. She said, "Well, there is this incredible drink that I love from there. It's called Chai...." "Happiness in a Cup!" I said! No wonder were such good friends! We laughed so hard at the store that I am sure we disturbed a few people around us. We also saw a mutual friend of ours who was spending time with her old college roommate. L and I decided we needed to do this much more often!

Then Bryon took the kids to Toys R Us to pick out one toy each. ME got a new cell phone and the boys have matching Darth Vader costumes. Bryon said they went down the doll aisle and ME kept pointing and saying, "Doh! Doh!"

Finally, Lisa and I went to the movies to watch the Reese Witherspoon movie that I can't remember the name of at the moment. Heaven something. A cute ultralight chick flick.

Bryon and the boys rounded out their evening by going to Putt Putt. Bryon held ME while the boys "played" golf.

Matthew asked Bryon if they could have more boys dates as long as ME came along. I asked Bryon if I could have more girlfriend dates! Maybe we can accomplish both!