Dates

James didn't end up having work today, so he took Bryttain on a date this morning. We each try to get one-on-one time with the kids when we can. Arran had gone with him last week to see his very first movie at a cinema, so it was Bryttain's turn for some Daddy time today.

This afternoon, Arran and I got to hang out out a bit together, just the two of us. I had given him a few options for what we could do; go to a park, the library, the mall, a hike, but he chose the mall. He loves to ride in the elevators and go up and down the escalators. He is such a sweet boy, he held my hand the whole time we were walking around, unlike Bryttain who 99% of the time refuses to!

We went into a few stores that were kid oriented, but his favorite, by far, was the Disney store. He was like a kid in a candy shop. He picked up so many things and asked

"Can I buy this?".

We weren't really there to shop and after about the 10th thing I asked him if he had money to buy all these things he wanted, at which point he changed his request to

"Can you buy this for me?"

I told him then, and James and I discussed it later, that maybe it was time for him to start getting pocket money. That way he can have his own money which he can choose how to spend. So I'll be making a chart and we'll come up with some specific tasks and chores that will be their responsibility and we'll see how they do. He was pretty excited by this idea, although he obviously doesn't quite understand the complete concept yet. At bed time he told me that tomorrow he will have some pocket money and I had to explain that, actually, I would make a chart and that each day if he did his tasks, he would get a sticker and at the end of the week he would get some money.

James and the two girls wandered around the mall too and we met up at the end when it was time to go home. The kids were just not ready to leave and were in complete denial that they were hungry and it was dinner time, so we let them have one ride before we left. They're so much fun to be with, whatever we're doing.

Hmmm...maybe James and I will get to go on a date one of these days, that would be novel!!!