May 3, 2022 - Tuesday

The kids were off of school today and I feel like, even though it was rainy, we still made it a special day. First, Ben and I took everyone to the Dublin North Market for lunch. It went really smoothly! Everyone got to pick something that they wanted, and it was a low-pressure way to get us all out to eat. We often get stressed while waiting for waitresses and food to come, etc., but grabbing food and taking it back to the table worked a lot better. 

Later on, I brought the kids out to see Sonic 2 at the movie theater. Ben chose to stay home, and I was honestly happy to give him a couple of hours to himself. I got to have that relax time on Saturday morning and it was really nice, so I didn't stress about him not coming with us. The kids were really well behaved while we were out...other than Ollie. 😅 It's not that she was bad at all, she just doesn't have the attention span to sit quietly through an entire movie yet. She was great for the first hour and then it was potty requests and dropping popcorn and jumping on her seat for the second hour. 🤷 The only reason it really annoyed me is because I wanted to relax and what she was doing disrupted my relaxation. :) Oh well! I'll still call it a success. The kids were excited, grateful, and had fun and that's all that really matters. 

It's such a relief to be able to take the kids out and know that it's probably going to go fine. I feel like I've spent the last 10 years wondering what's going to go wrong or, at least, being prepared for something to go wrong while I'm out. Little ones + outings = probable disaster. But it has been so cool to be able to go out with more confidence and less stress lately. There's a part of me that misses having babies and younger toddlers, but days like today remind me of why we're so done with that phase of life. I'm still super grateful to snuggle friend's babies though! 😁