a playdate turn dinner date

We were schedule to have Big M's friend and his family spend the afternoon at our house for a playdate. They were in soccer together and have very similar interest; star wars, Lego, etc. On Friday night, I had a craving for ice cream so when I went to fetch one. As I was walking back to the kitchen, I noticed my ice cream cup was sloshing around. That's when I discovered that our freezer lost power probably the day before. The frozen waffles were thawed, and so were most of the meat. All the other things had to be trashed. I had to either throw away the meats, or go ahead and cook them. I decided to cook them so the playdate turned dinner date with all that food.

This was our first visitor to our house other than family. We had fun, though I bet our new friends were not prepared for the noise in our house. Whew! This new friend is just like us, Filipino Mommmy, Caucasian Daddy. They have 2 boys who is the same age as my 2 boys. We had a lot of fun. The girls were fascinated by the little boy.

Some Tender Lovin'

We were having a leisurely dinner at Panera (very rare occurance when in public) when hell almost broke lose. Daddy up and left to go to the bathroom without telling the little boy first, and left me to fend for myself. Do I run after Matty and leave the girls behind, or do I stay and let him run after his Daddy and hope that Daddy realized what was going on? Thankfully, I was able to grab Matty before he was able to run and spared me having to make some rash decision.

You would think Matty was abandoned at the side of the street the way he was bawling when Daddy came back. With a little lovin' Matty finally quieted down.

Oh Daddy, don't you know by now that you must check with this boy first and let him know where you're going?