a friday night dinner without dad

nathan was out of town this past weekend at a scout training program, so friday night found me and the kids at home by ourselves.

normally, we chill on friday night and then saturday we get up and clean the house.  i decided to mix things up a bit so that we could chill on saturday instead.  i told the kids that if they got 3/4 of their chores done before 7 pm, we would go get some dinner and watch movies.  they all jumped on board and finished up early.

so we got in the car and set off, but no one could agree on where to eat.  i made a quick decision - something i remember as a child with my family.  instead of driving aimlessly hoping to finally settle on a place, i asked amelia what she wanted.  we went there and got her 2 burritos.

next, it was the boys.  they wanted chili cheese dogs. so i drove a little further down the road.  boys taken care of!

now for myself and clara. i chose a place that was on our route back home.  yummy!

and by the way, i did share that delicious concrete mixer with everyone once we got back home and everyone ate their dinners :).