Well, yesterday afternoon went eat, shop, eat, movie. Sort of like I thought it would be.
We ate at our favorite restaurant D’Atri’s and had a great steak sub. We headed to the mall after that. I only bought one shirt for the whole trip. The girls were absolutely losing their minds by the end of it, crawling on the floor and meowing in the shoe department. So Dad took me home with the girls where they played a little until the rest of them got home and we headed to dinner at an Italian restaurant with my aunt and uncle. Lexi and Emma were not well-behaved there either. There were two older couples sitting at a table beside us. Emma had her baby blanket with her and swung it around to put around her like Little Red Riding Hood and hit the woman on the shoulder I think with it. The other lady said something to Emma and if looks could kill, both of my children would have fallen down dead. She continued to give looks anytime the kids said or did anything above a whisper. I was annoyed too. At one point, they were playing hide and seek under the table and were playing ballerina beside the table. It was embarrassing. But at the same time, Lexi is 2. TWO. I only have so much control over her. Have you ever tried to literally shut a child up or restrain them so they don’t run around? Even if you wanted, it’s nearly impossible. The mother in me got defensive and wanted to scream at the woman and ask her if SHE ever had any children and it must have been too long ago that she must not remember how difficult it is and please give us a little compassion and patience. Ugh, that grated on my nerves the whole evening and I think it still might a bit. Dinner was overall good though. I had a huge crab cake and it was great to see my family.
They came over to the house after dinner and watched Shooter with us. Since I have recently watched that movie twice, I put the girls to bed and gave up halfway through it to also go to bed. Mom got up with the girls this morning and I slept until after 9:30. There was nothing to eat here and Emma was starting to ask for chips and cookies for breakfast, so I headed to the grocery store and bought stuff to make pancakes, eggs and bacon which I did when I got home. Now the girls are chilling watching Curious George. I would like to get ready and take them to a local park or maybe the Dollar General to get some paint and book supplies for them. Who knows what we’ll do though.