Date Night with Chloe

Last night, Chloe and I went on a date.  We do that sometimes and lately she's really been feeling left out since she's been at school when the other girls and I "have" to find something to do while the carpet people are here.  So when Shane got home, she and I went out to eat at the new Chinese place in town and then we went bowling.  It was a much needed date for both of us and it was nice to sit and have a conversation with out interruptions about school and friends and whatever else 9 year olds think about.  After we bowled, we then just ran errands: she wanted a new bike helmet and I needed to get a new frame for a picture I had made (I have a really cheap and good person for art work for kids rooms if you need anything) and Chloe, of course, wanted to go to the mall.  (A new thing for her is to go to the mall.)  She conned me out of a new Webkins--Uugghh, like 7 isn't enough???  And she also had to get some Ice Cream for dessert--I refrained as I need to lose weight before I start "Bootcamp" at the Y in June. Plus I had a cookie earlier in the day when Me and the little girls met Cael, Avery and Melissa at the mall.  Anyway, it was so nice to run errands without unbuckling car seats and fighting with kids to get back in the car seat.  It was just sooo fast to run in and out of the stores.  Anyway, I try to take the girls out individually on occasion.  Probably not often enough but I try.  It's nice to give them undivided attention.  Enough for now......-AS