Hooray for Date Night!!
I really look forward to this evening every month!
It's so hard for parents to take some much deserved time for themselves.
But since Jordan was born, we've made it one of our top priorities.
One day we decided that we really needed this.
We picked the 3rd Saturday of every month. Why that date? No clue.
But time (7 months) has proved it a success!
And Nina knows not to plan any sleepovers on our special weekend.
We take turns planning the date; That's the really fun part!
It could be an afternoon date, or an evening event.
Either way it's a win-win, because we get to spend qualitiy time together!
This particular date night was mine to plan.
I bought 2 tickets to Wicked, in December, and it happened to fall on my turn.
How perfectly perfect this was!
Here is a picture that Nina snapped of us before we left for dinner.
My restaurant of choice was Benihanas!
We had a really awesome chef named... Carlos.
We all thought that was pretty funny!
He incorporated funny jokes, and fascinating chopping techniques.
It made for a really great dining experience!
Mmmmm Moscato! My most favorite wine!!
And in my humble opinion, all Moscatos are not created equal.
This particular picture captured the most delicious Moscato in all the land!
We really should have ordered a bottle...
Our waitress took this picture of us.
You can't tell but... our bellies were SO full!
I'm so happy I decided on Benihanas.
Danny & I thoroughly enjoyed our date night dinner!
After dinner we hurried off to the second part of our date.
Wicked!!
I could kick myself for not snapping more pictures of this part of our date.
I was just bursting with excitement, and I forgot to whip my phone out.
I bought our tickets back in December.
Thanks to the Deals Diva, she let her followers know it was coming back in town!
Any-who, as I said earlier, I bought our tickets back in early December.
I printed out my tickets, and tossed them on my ever-growing pile of paperwork.
I was lucky to find them just hours before our date, and put them safely in my purse.
Once we got to the OCPAC, we were hurrily escorted to our seats.
Danny & I were surprised at how close our seats were!
I was surprised to learn that we were sitting in orchestra seats.
And I was even more surprised that I totally forgot about buying these great seats!
This is a quick picture I snapped before we were told to "silence our cell phones"
By the way... the show was FABULOUS!
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Sunday morning (the day after our date) we had a very special day to celebrate.
It was the Girl Scouts' 99th Birthday!
We joined Nina's troop for a celebration at the Nixon Library, in Yorba Linda.
The weather was beautiful, the Girl Scouts were having fun, and...
I have the pics to prove it!
Here I am with my cute little Girl Scout!
She continues to enjoy herself, and every event she attends.
The girls were anxious to enter the Nixon library and join in the festivities!
The girls were so excited to show me the water globes they made!
They're really cute. All they need to do is add water.
While the girls were going from activity to activity,
Jordan, Danny, and I walked around the Nixon library.
I took a picture of the record. Not too many kids these days even know what one is!
Jordan had a really great time being pushed around the library.
Danny had to stop the stroller because Jordan was reading this exhibit.
He's a sponge you know, he likes to be stimulated. Tee hee hee!
Meanwhile, when Danny & I caught up with the rest of Nina's troop,
this is what we saw...
The girls, and the troop leaders, were in a conga line!
It was so great to see all of them having a super fun time!!
This was one of several cakes that were displayed for the Birthday celebration!
All the girl scouts, troop leaders, co-leaders, siblings, friends & parents,
gathered around to sing Happy Birthday!
Time for cake!
Before Nina took a bite of her cake, she tugged at my shirt to get my attention.
As I bent down to see what she wanted, she whispered to me...
"Buddy from the Cake Boss would have made a really great cake for today."
She loves that show!
It's actually inspired her to become quite the little baker in our house.
(But we'll save that for another blog post)
This next picture made me laugh out loud!
Earlier in the day, Danny took a restroom break.
To his surprise, he noticed that there were changing tables in the mens' room.
I thought it was really cute when Danny offered to change Jordan's diaper in there.
I had to snap this picture of the two of them.
Jordan & Daddy, entering a men's bathroom together for the 1st time!
And as you can see, Jordan was thrilled.
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