Dirt Bike!

One of the things I've been wanting to do with the boys is to have some special one-on-one time with them.  With Tim bringing in some "extra dough" right now I figured I could put a little aside to cover a babysitter so I could take them on a date.  I already had one with Ryan and I had my first one-on-one date with Colin last Friday!

The plan was to go to the park, the Yamaha store, Applebees for lunch, and maybe another store or something.  Well, it was a tad chilly for my preference at 9 AM, so we skipped the park.  I figured we could go to one of the other stores I had in mind or to Wazoo's (an indoor play place with nothing but those big inflatable jumping cages).  Come to find out...nothing is open at nine in the morning.  Ten o'clock seems to be when the world comes to life.  So we ended up at McD's (my favorite, *lots of sarcasm). 

Colin has always been a little hesitant to go in the play places at restaurants.  He's gotten much better, but I wasn't sure how he would do without Ryan to follow around.  He went in, then about one minute later came back out and was just kind of pacing back and forth looking at it.  I knew he was going to need a little extra encouragement.  So in I went.  Those things are dirty!  It's not my first time climbing in one of those but for some reason the thought of getting some Lysol wipes and cleaning it out occurred to me.  I wonder how often the inside gets cleaned??  Anyway.  I realized the reason he came back out earlier was due to a high "step" inside the play place that he couldn't get onto; hence, not being able to make it to the slide.  I went through a few times, but then decided to show him a different way to get up onto the step.  Mom can't last that long.

We hung around just till 10 then decided to head over to the Yamaha store.  I am supposed to be getting a helmet so I can ride with Tim when he gets home.  Colin LOVES all things bike, so I knew he would enjoy going to the store with me.  When we pulled up he started kicking his legs, and clapping, and shouting "yeah!!!".  He was very excited!  :-)

No luck finding a helmet worth purchasing at this point.  (Given the limited "nice, girl" designs I am working on the idea of buying a plain one and coming up with my own design.)  Still worth the trip though.  Colin tried on helmets with me.  He sat on 4 wheelers, motorcycles, mo-peds, and dirt bikes!  Needless to say...it was hard to leave.

After that we went and bought some flip-flops and a bouncy ball.  Then to Applebees for lunch! 
We even had a brownie and ice cream for dessert.  Colin gasped out of delight when he saw our waitress bring it out!  (He used to do this all the time when he was offered Cheeto Puffs! hehe) 

I think one of the best things about our date days is that we get to take Daddy's truck!  It's always a treat when we get to ride in Daddy's truck.

I was horrible and didn't get any pictures of my first date with Ryan; nor did I blog about it.  This time I at least got two/three pictures.  Striving to do better next time!