octo arms goes to lunch

It is so nice sometimes to have weekends with absolutely nothing to do! We just went with the flow and relaxed, shopped, spent time with the grandparents, and spent time together. Roy left for California yesterday for three weeks, so Maddie and I went to lunch with him, Kiki, and Big Daddy (aka Mom and Mike) before they took him to the airport. Then we stole Kiki away and took her shopping with us.

We have always tried to take Maddie to restaurants once or twice a week so she gets used to eating with "grown ups." Being the only people our age with a kid, she is always with a bunch of adults who get a little perturbed when the young one gets fussy (luckily, she probably has been fussy all of once while out to eat) but still, practice makes perfect. With her new found skill of sitting unassisted, the days of dragging the infant seat into restaurants and letting her lay back and quietly watch what’s going on are OVER! This is both good and bad. Good because she is growing up and learning new things. Let’s face it, her ability to sit unassisted make life a lot easier. Bad because now she is not strapped down and is free to reach and grab and play, play, play. And boy did she! She had such a blast at lunch. All those fun toys on the table (spoons, napkins, cups of water, knives) she just wanted to grab grab grab! We nicknamed her Octopus Arms because those arms were swinging nonstop. She was a doll though and true to her nature did not fuss or get the least bit cranky. Hey, I'll take Octopus arms over screaming any day.

Octo-Arms goes to lunch

                         
We said good-bye to Uncle Roy

All in all it was a good day and we were both exhausted afterwards. This morning, I convinced Tom to take us to breakfast. He is not much of a breakfast man so it took some convincing. But we went and everyone had a good time. Maddie just loves to watch what's going on at restaurants. Again, it was very nice to have such a slow paced weekend.  But, we are very exited because next weekend we are hitting the road to NJ to see Tom's parents and then are heading to the city for a meeting!  But for now it’s off to the pumpkin patch! Will post pictures later!