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We don't go out to dinner with the kids too often, but last Friday after a long week I just couldn't bring myself to make something, so we took the kids to Macaroni Grill on Alta Arden. This is a great place because they have basic food everyone likes, and it's a little loud so if you do have kids that are fussy, you won't be disturbing anyone trying to have a nice quite meal. Plus, my kids (6 y.o. twins) like the opera singers!

Anyway, we got there around 5:30 and it wasn't too crowded but over the next hour or so it really filled up. There were other people in the tables around us, but not a lot of kids. We had a great dinner...Food was good, kids ate their dinner, good conversation with the kids about school, drew some pictures on the tableclothes (it's paper and they encourage it in case you haven't been there :)

When we got up to leave, I was putting on my jacket and getting ready to walk out when I noticed the older gentleman at the table behind us got up and walked over to my husband and whispered something in his ear. I just heard by husband say "Thanks!" and after we got outside (it was so loud in the restaurant by this time), I asked what the man had said,  He smiled and said "He just wanted to compliment us on how well behaved our children were in the restaurant. He said it was refreshing."

How nice that this man took the time to tell us that!! We told the kids what he said and how proud we are of them that they behaved so well and told them it makes us feel really good when people tell us how good our kids are. It was a great start to a great weekend!!

Don't get me wrong, I love my husband and kids...but I also miss the days of living alone and not having to take care of any other living, breathing human being other than myself.

I used to hate to be alone, or maybe I just never really got the chance after leaving home (2 parents, 2 siblings) and moving in with roommates for college and a few years after. When I bought a house on my own when I was 26, my first thought was "This sucks...there's no one around!" After a few months, though, I grew to LOOOVE being alone. That lasted for about 2 years until I met my husband and within 6 months I had moved in to his house...he traveled a lot for work, so I still had a lot of alone time.

Fast forward 9 years to parenthood with two almost-7-year-old twins. I'm never alone! I often tell my husband that I feel like the "brain" of the family...keeping track of what's going on a school, making sure they have lunch money, clothes to wear, food to eat. My husband helps a lot around the house, but for a number of reasons, his forte is not keeping track of things.

So you can imagine my elation when my husband told be today he was taking the kids to see his family over the long 3-day weekend next week. ROCK ON! I get to be by myself for 3 WHOLE DAYS!!! I can clean the house and have it stay that way....I can sleep in the middle of my bed! I can do whatever the heck I want!!

I have all these grand visions of doing a mini home makeover and catching up on all the projects I want to do around the house, but realistically, I'll probably get a good book or movie and veg on the couch for at least one day....I hope it rains!!

Is it bad that I'm so excited?!