Eating at a restaurant with kids???

Tonight was amazing. We actually enjoyed a family dinner at a restaurant. Seriously.

Want in on the secret to leaving a restaurant telling your 3.5 year old and 1.5 year old "You guys did great! Thanks for behaving SO well!"...it's a pizza joint. Plain and simple. Order one item of food that is so easy to cut up, everyone is happy about, and don't worry about lack of fruits or veggies. Plus the fish tank wowed not only Lily and Harrison but Randy too. He found it very impressive. Me...well it was nice and big, pretty fish, but the eel creeped me out. He would stick his eel head out of the rock and I could see his eel body move about. Too much resemblance to a snake and if you have ever seen me cautiously walk in the grass in summer it's because of those darn garter snakes...they are out to get me.

Anyhow, it was a nice evening. We were also celebrating Lily's last dance class. This time the parents were actually allowed past the double glass doors and inside the classroom. For the past 5 weeks all the parents huddled at those double glass doors watching with funny grins as our babies pointed their toes, jumped around like frogs, and skipped about the room. Today we watched with those same smiles, cameras in hand, with proud feelings about our little girl who looked so much bigger out on the dance floor. Our front row seats were great...until Harrison was completely over sitting still. He wanted to join his big sis but when it was apparent his plans didn't mesh with my plans he let out the huge Harrison cry (the kind that everyone in the BUILDING hears) so I got to watch the rest of Lily's performance from outside the double glass doors. At least I didn't have to elbow out any other moms for my view.