Friday we ventured down to Orange County for a big night out! Brian had to work in the morning so he dropped the boys and me at Pretend City. I had heard about it from a friend and it just so happened to be practically next door to Brian's work engagement so we thought why not?!? And boy are we happy we did. Scott could not have had more fun! There were all the things you could imagine in a city (post office, grocery store, bank, fire station, police, doctors office...but no chiropractor office, ahem, library etc.) plus a construction site, farm/garden area, beach, water play area. There was so much to do that 3 hours flew by in a blink.
Pictured above is part of the water area, you could build boats and sail them down the stream, use nets and fishing poles to catch fish and ducks etc.
Then we hit the "beach" because of course there was dump trucks available so Scott was thrilled and Owen even got to take part. Right after this pictured he definitely face planted and got a mouth full of sand, but he didn't mind too much!
We went shopping in the grocery store (which Scott is all too familiar with as it seems we hit up trader joe's at least 3 times a week, anyone have any suggestions for how to go grocery shopping less send em my way...it feels like I'm there every day and we still have no food in the house). Scott loaded his basket with fruits and veggies, if only he really ate that well, and then checked out at the register. Behind the grocery store was the farm and Scott really left with a better understanding of where food comes from so that was neat.
Of course one of the biggest hits of the day was the cars. Scott tried each of them, multiple times. Owen fell asleep for about half the time we were there but woke up with about half an hour left to play so he got to ride while his big brother drove. Makes me flash forward to these two in 14-16 years cruising around town checking out girls, I'm so not ready!
Mommy needed a potty break and Scott didn't want to stop playing so I told him if he would come with me and be patient we do whatever he wanted next (which how that was different than what we had been doing all morning I don't know but he went for it) and he said "I want to drive cars with Owen!" Sweet.
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After our fun morning we went to Uncle Bob and Aunt Rachel's house to leave the boys while mommy and daddy went out for our big date night (our first in 2012, but who's keeping track?!) Farmer's sponsors (Brian's department) Rascal Flatts tour so we scored awesome seats and a "meet and greet" with the band before the show. It was pretty neat and a great show! Thankfully I was able to snag this picture from the Rascal Flatts photographer website or else I wouldn't have a single picture of date night just 30 pics of the boys from the morning...such is life with kids right?! The other people in the picture are Brian's boss and his wife (far right) and some other coworkers.
We got back to the boys around 1am and its definitely true that it doesn't matter how late mom and dad stay up, the kids still wake up at the same time. Soooo yesterday was a bit of a rough day but not too bad and definitely worth it for such a fun night out with my man! Thanks to Bob and Rachel for keeping our kiddos all evening, we were able to relax and have fun knowing they were in such good hands!
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