Not Such a Great Evening

After our busy evening of concert-going, we had a slightly grumpy morning around our house. So the kids went down for nap a little early and had a good, long sleep. We were running again after nap though because we were supposed to be going to a birthday party for a 2 year old friend of ours'. His party had been rescheduled from a few weeks ago when he was sick; we thought they had just switched the date and left everything else the same! So we made our way to a local park that we had never been to before (it was nice, we might go back sometime) and looked for our party. No luck.

So Daddy went for a walk to make sure we were in the right spot and see if he could find our party. No luck, again. Hmmm. Interesting. Michael assured me we were in the right spot. I assured him it was the correct date and time. We don't have smart phones, so no checking face.book, email, or whatever. For some reason I don't have the birthday boy's mom's phone number either! BOO. What to do? Well, we just decided to go out for some dinner and make the best of it.

It was still early so we took a bit of a walk through the neighborhood. We found a fountain and train tracks, so that was fun.


The kids were less than enthused to go to the restaurant and their "legs were tired." That should have been a sign. We sat down and BOOM a very large crash from outside as the waiter walks up to the table. Hmmmmm. Turns out there was a three car accident on the street right outside. It wasn't super serious and no one was hurt, but there was lots of this:

Much to Colin's delight. Anyway, there was lots of wiggling, dropping things, and going to the potty. And not much eating by the young ones. At least Daddy and I ate our (very yummy) food. Sigh. Just not an enjoyable experience. I guess that will teach us to take very tired, grumpy little people out to eat on a whim.

Oh yeah, and the party? Turns out I missed the email that changed the time of the party to before lunch. It went to my junk account instead of my "good" one. So, yes were in the right PLACE (thank you, Daddy) but not the right time. Sigh.