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| Friday Night at IHOP |
Richard has a younger son, Christopher, and they watched
their own shows or, if we were at the movie theater, they would often times see
a different movie than us. We’d meet up for popcorn and treats beforehand and
they would play video games if their movie got out first. We didn’t do this every week but often enough
to make my heart happy thinking about it now that the kids are grown and out of
the house.
With the kids grown and having their own Friday night fun
(note to kids: hopefully not too much
fun!), Richard and I developed our own Friday night routine – date night! We usually
go to a movie – sometimes even dinner and if we were really going all out, we’d
have frozen yogurt afterwards.
Woohoo!
Friday nights have evolved again now that Robert is living
with us. Richard and I don’t have an
aide to help us yet so the three of us have continued the family tradition of
Friday Night Fun.
The three of us have had some fun going out to dinner
or getting take-out when the week has proven to be too tiring for all of us. Sometimes Rachel joins us (when she’s not out
having too much fun with her friends).
I wasn’t sure what Robert would think about eating foods
different than his usual fare of cheeseburgers and pasta but he has tried Mexican
food and even Thai! Of course, we’ve also enjoyed the old standby of waffles at
IHOP (I mean, those are hard to pass up!). Robert wanted steak one night (probably because he’s on to us that we’re
feeding him veggie cheeseburgers) so we went to Brookfield’s which has a
variety of foods on their menu – steak for Robert and vegetarian options for
us.
Everyone was happy!
The only issue we have encountered is Robert still wants his
Rocky Road ice cream when we get home. Most
of the time by the time we get home it is already past his bedtime and sometimes
we have even had dessert already! (If I
get my way, it’s usually frozen yogurt). With the big meal he just ate, Robert doesn’t
need ice cream on top of it but sometimes I’ll let him have a little bit. Just
a little.
My saying “no” to Robert’s daily routine of Rocky Road has
been met with about as much enthusiasm as you might expect from him. Luckily
for me, he doesn’t notice when I downsize his portions.
It’s a start.
Just like our Friday night routines have evolved through the
years, I am confident Robert’s routine of ice cream every night will
evolve. Maybe not easily or willingly,
but I am confident we’ll get there.
Let’s just leave my frozen yogurt out of this . . .
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