Dating

Adam and I have been wanting to take each of our kids on "dates" or solo outings for awhile now and we were FINALLY able to make it happen.  I went on a date with Hogan and when we got home Adam went on a date with Lauralee.  It was wonderful and so much fun to spend one on one time with them.  We are going to do it again and switch kids.  Hopefully one more time before Adam starts residency.  H and L were SO excited to go. 

 Before we left Hogan told me he was "expecting it to be exciting".  He also requested that I take him somewhere to eat (the kid loves to eat).  We went to Coney Island for lunch.  He had never been there before and he loved just looking around at everything. His favorite food was the fried pickles. We spent about an hour there because he eats even slower than I do ;)  He was pretty impressed by the Hogan's Drugstore sign from PopPop's drugstore that was hanging by the water fountain.  When we left there we went and got some frozen yogurt and just sat and talked.  When our date was over he told me he was ready to go again...now please.  

  

Adam took Lauralee to Tom Varn Park.  They played and played and played.  Adam told me that he was really impressed by how great L's imagination is and how much fun she is to play with.  She would come up with these elaborate scenarios for the games they were playing... love that girl.  After that they got a chocolate sundae from McDonald's and L kept saying, "This is SOOO good".  After a quick stop at the dollar store they came home toting a gift for Hogan as well.

We really love these kids.  Maryann, too.  But right now I have dates with her in the middle of the night...some nights more than one.  So we are getting lots of one on one time ;)