Saturday Night at Borders...

I know what you all are saying upon reading the title... whoo hoo- sounds like a hot Saturday night...well it was for Finley!
My sister (Aunt Chris), Finley and myself all headed to Avenue Bar tonight for dinner. These days dinner time out is all of 5:00pm (even 4:30pm sometimes) to avoid the busy hour so that service may be quicker for Finley's sake. He is really well behaved at restaurants for the most part but can be pretty messy and just loud and there is still a time limit before that behavior changes. The occasional meltdown does occur, again, hence the earlier dinner hour less people to annoy. We joked that we are part of the early bird dinner crowd now in our old age...
Finley did well at dinner though most of his meal consisted of Bugles which I brought from home and french fries. He did eat some broccoli and a carrot and some steak. Hey, some nights are for letting go right? At the end of the meal my sister was giving him tiny drops of Coke from her straw to keep him happy till we got the check... again some nights are for letting go...put your judgments aside. I am pretty sure no child was ever truly harmed from a teaspoon of carbonated sugar water... HA!
After dinner we decided to take a trip to Borders bookstore. I LOVE that place. Tonight we thought it might be fun to unleash Finley and let him run some energy (and Coke) off and play in the Childrens section. Our coffee in hand, we let him go wild and boy did he. He ran around oohing, ahhing and screaming (sort of quietly?) for at least an hour. He was CRAZY. He followed a few other kids around and played with all kinds of books and toys and whatever else they had (furniture, metal signs...letting go remember?). He kept pulling this sequined Red Dragon stuffed animal out of the the shelf every time he walked by it. Too funny. I am sure a few people thought he was obnoxious but he's only 1! Seriously, if you want to read in quiet go to the library... and if you choose to try to read in quiet at Borders you probably shouldn't choose the chair that's 5 feet from the Childrens section! People never cease to amaze me. Last time I was at Borders this guy had taken his shoes and socks off and made him self (super) comfortable in a chair there with a pile of books. Really? Did you need to remove the socks too buddy? Ok, I digress but.... Finley enjoyed himself running around so much he was pooped by the time we got home. It was bath, bottle and sound asleep by 8pm. We may have to make a weekly night of Borders? I wonder how they would feel about that??




ps....ok, so Finley too off his shoes as soon as we got to Borders too. But he's 1? At least he kept his socks on.