My baby, Kailee, turned 3 on Monday and for the past two years we have gone to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. While there this year (please, let's not get caught up in the whole Chick-Fil-A politics now), Gavin got hurt while wrestling with another little boy--I know, I know, bad parent moment for me, I was reading on my phone at the time. The mom came over to apologize and I explained that Gavin knows he can only wrestle around with his Dad who has been gone for a couple of months. Turns out, this woman's husband is currently deployed! They are stationed out of the country and came home for the summer since her husband was deployed anyway.
We ended up chatting for 3 hours! The kids (hers are 4 and 6) played wonderfully and were disappointed they had to say goodbye after 3 hours. If you've ever been to the Chick-Fil-A play place, this is quite impressive as it is small and not that awesome (though I 100% appreciate that the kids are enclosed in a separate glass room so you don't have to hear the screams). I am sad the family is heading back to their home overseas next week. We leave tomorrow to see Brady so we won't be able to visit with them again--though we exchanged info and hope to get together when they visit family in the area next time.
It was a great day for all of us :). We can't wait to head to see Brady tomorrow (we won't get there until Saturday). Watch for a post in a little over a week about our visit. I already have plans for a slide show using iMovie. Stay tuned!
XOXO,
