Perk number one of a big family vacation (as in a large group of relatives attend) There are lots of adults all too happy to supervise and entertain the kids. Which is especially true when you have the only kids on the trip and your toddler is potty trained. Don't get me wrong I didn't peg our nearest and dearest as free babysitters or Suckers, but when I got to eat a meal and the opposite end of the table from my kids it was a huge treat. Don't worry I'm pretty sure that isn't Riley's beer.
Isaac sat between his aunt and his uncle and did pretty well considering I wasn't giving him dirty looks from across the table for breeches of etiquette. It was surreal to just eat. I could converse with other adults without rushing through my meal to tend to someone else. I didn't have to share it with a demanding toddler, not one bite. Woah!
It was incredible, really. It was like being on a date. I know that being in a party of 9 makes that comment weird, but not having to worry about my kids really is a change of pace. I'm always on high alert in restaurants and self conscious of their behavior. Not last night. I look forward to them growing and mature so that it doesn't take an army of family to make me relax in public.
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