Tonight I gave in to my "dark side." My children are 5 (Blaise) and 8 (Freya). After Freya's Brownie meeting we stopped quickly at the library and were heading for home when Freya pointed out that we were driving by Cold Stone Creamery. She got a gift card from a friend for her birthday a few months back and has been dying to use it.
Tonight Freya said, "Too bad we can't go there." I joked, "For dinner?" Freya said something to the effect of, "That would be fun." So I said "ok," and had to repeat it a couple of times as I was turning the car around and headed back to the ice cream store.
Yup, we had ice cream for dinner. I was heartened a bit when Freya said she'd have some fruit before bed and Blaise offered to eat an apple.
Was I a bad parent? Sure, I wasn't looking forward to telling Marie (my wife) what we ate for dinner. But me and the kids had a *really* fun night together that hopefully they'll remember for a long time. Tonight's the kind of night that recharges the batteries a bit. This holiday season I hope you find plenty of times to create unique and lasting memories.
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