Monday, April 22, 2013

Out for Breakfast

Most Saturdays the girls and I head to town by late morning, hitting the library to return books and check out more. We go from there to lunch and from lunch to the grocery store. We then head home.

The past two Saturdays have brought a slight change to our routines.

Two weeks ago, Alyssa spent the night with a friend. She was due home by 2 or 3 in the afternoon so Olivia and I needed to get our library visit and grocery shopping out of the way by noon so we could be home with Alyssa was dropped off.

When I suggested we get breakfast out that morning, O’s eyes lit up. She’s use to eating lunch out every Saturday but breakfast? We could eat breakfast OUT? The very idea intrigued her. Where would we go? What would she have? Would get go in our pajamas or get dressed and then go?

It was fun to take her out, relax over a breakfast not made by me and then get the rest of our running around done before noon. The whole day loomed ahead of us.

This past Saturday, we had afternoon plans with my mom but we still needed groceries and new library books. Once again, when I asked Olivia if she wanted to go out for breakfast, she glowed with anticipation. She wanted to know if she could get apple juice AND water again to go with her French toast.

Alyssa was less enthusiastic but only because it meant she had to get off the computer and get dressed and, horror of horrors, brush her hair. Ha! Poor kid. It sucks to be ten.

But, on the bright side, when you’re ten and your mom makes you go out for breakfast, you might just get to eat six slices of bacon and two pieces of toast with extra butter and no crust. Yeah, ten’s not looking so bad, is it?

After our breakfast it was business as usual.

Then, once our groceries were purchased and books checked out, we went home to do a little laundry and vacuuming before my mom arrived to pick us up.

See, that’s the reason we needed to get everything done in the morning. We were going north to my aunt Lorry’s house for a gathering. She lives about an hour and a half away from us and so it was a bit of a drive. We picked up my brother’s fiance and had a nice afternoon/evening with my aunties and cousins.

That’s always fun, even when you’re six and ten.

I might have to continue to switch things up every so often. That look on O’s face when she’s asked if she wants to go out for breakfast is one I want to see as often as possible.

1 comment:

Julie said...

We did a surprise breakfast out this weekend too! :)