Friday night, we have Shabbat dinner. Every Friday. We almost always have Lilli and Sarah with us, but this Friday, they were with my in-laws. It’s hard, to try and make Friday special when the girls aren’t here, and I had gift cards from Christmas… so Marc and I took the three kids to Applebees.
Sam’s a mess when it comes to restaurants – and it’s always hit or miss if he’ll be able to find anything he likes or if he’ll panic and need to leave. We don’t go out to restaurants, really. In part because it’s cheaper to eat at home, but mostly because he’s really not able to do restaurants. We took two cars, so if it got ugly, I could just slip out without disrupting everyone. He was nervous, and tried to back out – but I’ve gotten pretty good at anticipating, reacting with a minimum of fuss, and being as subtle and reassuring as possible. He got in the car, hesitated about going in, hesitated about going in, and then was a little anxious about waiting for the table. But thank goodness Applebees has the little video game thing at the table, and he tried (and LOVED) the mozzarella sticks – so Friday night counted as a win.
Saturday, I went into work, Marc brought Julie to the synagogue and Jessie and Sam stayed home. I got home just as the snow was starting to fall, and Marc got home soon afterwards. We got close to six inches and snuggled in all afternoon. We watched movies, knitted and crocheted, played board games, and took naps. The older kids split off into their bedrooms, and Julie usually hangs out with us, or in her play area in the dining room. She’s got half the dining room as her own little space, with baby doll beds, dollhouses and doctor kits all carefully arranged.
Sunday morning, it was still icy and Julie was coughing a lot, so we stayed in. Confession time – I’ve never taken my kids sledding. I don’t like the cold. And last year – I felt guilty enough to buy them all sleds… just in time for the mildest winter in forever. So we didn’t go last year – and then on Sunday, nobody much wanted to head out. Jessie went to the synagogue for a USY thing, and Marc went grocery shopping and took Sam to Toys R Us to spend a Christmas gift card – but other than that, it was another quiet, snuggly sort of day.
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