Oliver Francis Goldwasser
Ollie's 1st birthday
Ollie's 2nd Birthday (Ben hasn't changed a bit, lol)Two years ago I had just pushed a 7 lb 7oz. bowling ball out of a ... well, you know the rest. I still can't believe I did it all without pain medicine, but I like to think the morphine drip that wore off right before my water broke did the trick. If you want to read about Ollie's crazy birth story you can find it here on Myspace. Remember Myspace? God, I feel like it's an old re-run that you come across every now and again, like TGIF from back in the day.
Anyway, back to what I was saying... yesterday was Oliver's birthday and what better way to celebrate than to press our luck and take the boys out to lunch, right smack dab in the middle of a lunch hour surrounded by businessmen in expensive looking suits. Sorry about that spaghetti sauce stain, buddy! Nah, the kids were actually on their best behavior for once, and I think I have found the secret to eating in "peace" and not having to scarf down a meal in three bites.... (drum roll, please) bringing them out to eat when they are actually hungry and having their meals come out the same time as ours! Seems easy enough, right?! How long have we been parents now? For the most part, we've only tried going out to dinner, the kids are usually tired and cranky and dinner has never been big for Nathan, he's still picky and since I usually don't get to feed the kids dinner since I'm at work, I'm sure he doesn't eat much at that time. Ollie has always been a great eater, but yesterday he didn't eat breakfast, so he was really hungry at lunch, which made him sit still for once, instead of climbing the booth. Plus, we have always made the mistake of ordering the kids food first, but I notice that whenever we do that, by the time our food comes, they have finished eating, and are on to more important things, like opening sugar packets all over the table, and smearing food on the floor. So, dinner at a restaurant for us usually ends up in cold leftovers reheated at home, and a buzz from the wine we consumed without any food in our stomachs. So, yay for us having an "ah-ha!" moment... only took us a few years.
I was lucky enough to get off of work at the last minute, so we took the kids to one of their favorite places, Bounce U around 6, worked up a sweat bouncing away there, then went to Peace-a Pizza for dinner. Peace-a Pizza is a really cute concept, and they have a play area for kids, which always helps parents, who like I said earlier, have a hard time eating in public with their kids. The only recommendation I have for them is: make better pizza! My kids love pizza and would eat it night and day, but they hardly touched their's last night. They have tons of gourmet pizza slices which look good, and believe me, I'm like a pizza connoisseur, I am not a fan of their pizza, it's too doughy and doesn't taste like much. Peace-a pizza, if you are reading... step it up a notch, I will bring you lots of pizza eating kiddie business if you do!
Oliver is not impressed with whatever WHYY program I just put on for him, and is instead climbing behind me on the computer chair and jumping off repeatedly while yelling toddler obscenities. I better go, maybe I will get another blog post in before the end of the year, at this rate. Have a great day, everyone!
