I did it!!

MrsSweetpeaMagee607 · January 2012

I was home today with the boys because my mom is sick and she usually has the boys on Wednesdays. So I packed us all up and we headed to the Dover Children's Museum... but thats not what I am excited about...

What was exciting was that after we left, we headed to Panera... and I took the boys out to eat in a restaurant all by myself!

Ok... you may be thinking... no big deal... but I have never taken them by myself, I have taken them with you girls, with DH, with other family or friends as backup... but I have never soloed at a restaurant...

It went so well... despite being seriously over tired, they sat in their high chairs and ate their meals very nicely, they didn't have any major spills, they didn't freak out when I left the table to throw away our trash... it only went downhill when I asked Jack to get Keaghan's mittens and he flopped himself over the chair and landed in a heap... and when I was trying to get Keaghan out of the high chair not realizing he had buckled himself in...

We even made it home without a dreaded car nap and they went right to sleep as soon as we got in the door and got them settled in bed. And they slept for 3+ hours!

I am so proud of myself and of them for today!

MrsSweetpeaMagee607 · January 2012

And they even stayed dry while we were out and had a potty break mid meal, which they asked me for!

mesa81 · January 2012

that's awesome! I can't imagine wrangling two at the same time!!

grahamsm3 · January 2012

nice work mom!

MainelyFoolish · January 2012

Yay!

I'm nervous about how I'll handle it when I have two to deal with. Tongue Tied

And I'm laughing over the high chair/buckle problem. I did the same thing not long ago with Helen in a shopping cart!

cdg0819 · January 2012

Sounds like a breakthrough day!

MrsSweetpeaMagee607 · January 2012

Kimberly, you will do fine! You will have Helen to help!

SBTibbs · January 2012

Nice work momma! I think of you often when I am overwhelmed or frustrated with just one 2.5 year old. You're definitely a superwoman!

katsblaze · January 2012

Yay! That is awesome. I have yet to do the whole restaurant by myself. The mall food court I can do, because I keep them strapped in their strollers and hand them bite by bite. Ha ha.

I can't wait for the day I say I did that too! Great job!!!

MaineIslandBride · January 2012

Congrats! That's so awesome!

MrsSweetpeaMagee607 · January 2012

katblaze... thats all I was up for before too! Now that they are talking and eating really well with a spoon and fork I was a little less apprehensive... but I was still terrified the whole time we were there that they were going to get too silly for me to contain or have a meltdown while I went to throw away trash... you can do it!