No sombreros were worn in the making of this post.
Yesterday, after a small anxiety attack, a couple of phone calls and the discovery of someone’s birthday, I got a girls night out.
I was in the bathroom reaching for my makeup bag, which was dusty from lack of use, when Aidan came in to interrogate me.
“Wear are you going, Mommy?”
“I’m having a girl’s night.”
“I want to go with you.”
“No.”
“But it’s not fair.”
“Yes, it is fair.”
::the waterworks begin::
“It’s not fair when you go places and leave me home.”
“Well Aidan, seeing how that NEVER happens, I think you’ll live.”
::runs off::
“Dadddddyyyyyyyyyy, Mommy’s leaving!”
“uhh huhhh”
When it was time to go, I said bye to Ben and the kids.
Aidan: “Bye Mommy.”
Andrew: “Bye Mommy”
Zion:”Bye Mom”
I start walking toward the door.
Aidan: “Wait! I need a hug”
“I just hugged you.”
“I need another one.”
“Fine.”
Andrew: “Mommy! I need a BIG hug!”
So I give him a BIG hug. Still confused how he has somehow forgotten that I just hugged him 5 seconds ago.
Zion:”I need a hug, Mom.”
So I hug him too…again.
Then, as I place my hand on the doorknob…
Aidan:” Mommy, you forgot to give us kisses.”
“Oh, it must have been all the hugging that made me forget.”
Andrew:”I need a kiss too, Mom”
“Fine.”
Zion: “Hey Mom! Kiss me too.”
As I turn to walk out the door, someone brings up hugging again. So, I run.
When I get in the car, I can’t help but check several times to make sure they haven’t gotten in there somehow.
I wont go into the part where I stood at the restaurant a while, wondering where everyone could be. Or that they were at their house, waiting on me to pick them up. That’s not important. What’s important is that there was cheese dip and an unlimited supply of tortilla chips. It’s also important that the birthday girl didn’t end up with a sombrero on her head, which I think is a small price to pay for a free brownie.
