Our youngest son, Timothy and I were able to go out on a date. He was so excited to get to spend some time alone with Mom. I have really enjoyed these special dates that we planned after making the kids these DIY scratch off Valentines last year. We have enjoyed a year's worth of dedicated time spent with each of them. It has been so fun and we have made great memories in the process which was exactly the results I had hoped for in using these Valentines!
Timothy had been anxiously awaiting his first trip to our newest American restaurant in the city, TGI Fridays.
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| Timothy anticipating his meal coming soon! |
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| Mom and her wind-blown hairdo! |
Timothy had it all figured out by the time we arrived at the restaurant.
He wanted to order barbecued ribs, french fries, a hamburger, onion rings, a banana milkshake, and an ice cream sundae! That was it and nothing more! Ha!
I talked him down to barbecued ribs with french fries and a few of Mom's onion rings that would come with her sandwich. For dessert one of us could order the milkshake and the other would order the sundae for us to share. He agreed!
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| Don't you love his hat hair!? |
Boy, did he enjoy those ribs!
He ate every one right down to the bone!
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| Our TGI Fridays has a motorcycle out front too! |
On these special dates I try to answer,"Yes!" to as many "May we do this"s I hear! So, to my surprise my giant little boy was SO excited to ride a Christmas train the mall had set up for the holiday season. I was excited that the Grandpa conductor let Mom ride for free!
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| Special memories! |
He is my "baby" and will be too big to ride this next year so why not!?
The next activity on the agenda was for Timothy to be able to play on the pirate ship playground in the mall. He played all by himself, checking every now and then to be sure Mom was watching, and enjoyed every minute of it!
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| My brave pirate at the helm! |
As his brother and I did on our date, Timothy and I went to the arcade and played a few games for some more fun. He enjoyed all of it except Mom beating him terribly at Air Hockey! Sorry, I just can't let you win, even if you are adorable!
Next was a stop at his favorite fountain. I am not sure what it is about this fountain but Timothy has loved it ever since he first laid eyes on it.
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| Recently, they placed a restaurant around the fountain so it is harder to sit next to it. |
A growing boy gets hungry quickly so we had to stop and buy a little more ice cream. Mom was still full from lunch! He enjoyed sitting in Santa's chair while munching on his "snack".
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| Beautiful tree and a nice set up for Santa, but we never saw him there! |
This was the funniest impulsive event we did together to complete the day. We sat in the massage chairs that are placed in the middle of two halls in the mall. Timothy thought this was great fun!
The best part is that I caught his reaction of video.
Hope you enjoy it.
Praise the Lord for a fun and safe day. I pray he will never forget the memories we made together!
