Or better know as eating out with your toddler.  All of you with two year olds who have only one speed–overdrive–know what I am talking about. This past weekend consisted of two large meals.  My entire family took me out for my graduation and it was a blast–of course I spent half of the meal watching Minnow walk up and down the stairs.  Have I ever told you all how much Minnow loves stairs?  All day long he could walk up and down stairs…It’s a blast in case you were wondering–almost as much fun as blowing bubbles for 2 hours. 

And because one long meal wasn’t enough we went to a beautiful brunch on Sunday morning.  Minnow is a great kid and he is really good in restaurants (as far as a two-year-old is concerned), but it just isn’t fun or relaxing to go to a long meal and want to sit and relax.  Hubby stepped up big during brunch and kept Minnow busy as did my brothers–who are totally awesome.  But the bottom line is that it so totally sucks to take an active fun-loving toddler out to a nice meal that doesn’t involve big furry creatures, play places and plastic utensils and plates. 

I don’t know why other’s cannot understand and why I cannot say no.  I had suggested we have everyone over for my graduation celebration–simply because I didn’t want to have to mess with taking Minnow out and didn’t want to have to deal with getting a babysitter.  But family is family and they all wanted to take me out, etc. 

So, how do you all deal with going out to eat, enjoying it and taking your toddler who can’t sit still?  Wait let me guess–you don’t go out.  I now understand why people don’t.  I finally have come to understand and see that it just isn’t fun for any of us to do something that Minnow just can’t do.  I will miss going out to eat–but will certainly enjoy keeping my eyes away from the sharp hot sticks.