Eating Out

The kids have been looking forward to this day all week.  When they heard Aunt Janet was coming, and we would be going out to dinner with my family, they were SO excited.  Everyday, Aidan has asked if we could "go to the restaurant," and I had to remind him that we could go on Friday, when Aunt Janet arrived.  Today, when we woke up, Aidan asked what day it was, and he was so excited to hear it was finally Friday!  He was ready to go for breakfast, but I was able to convince him we'd have to wait until dinner time.  When dinner time rolled around, we packed into the car, and headed off to Biaggi's in Cary.  Despite the fact that dinner was served very close to when they normally go to bed, and quite a bit later than they were used to eating, everyone did GREAT!  We had no fatigue- or hunger-induced meltdowns, no craziness!  Everyone ate really well too!  The only remotely difficult moment was when Emory decided it would be fun to clang her fork against her plate as loudly as possible, but she listened when I said she needed to stop.  What a fun night!