Easy Breezy Weekend

We had the best unplanned weekend. The greatest part of an impromptu day is the surprise of where you end up. We woke early on Saturday morning and took the kids to the farmers market where we ate banana ice cream, sampled the greatest flan I have ever eaten, listened to live music and watched Ali dance in the grass and Rob took Aliya on a train ride while I sat in the shade and rocked Kaden in a wonderful wooden rocking chair. With no schedule or plan we stopped by Barnes and Noble, Aliya rode up and down the escalator and we gathered about 15 books from the kids section found some big comfy chairs. Not really expecting Aliya to sit and read very long she took me by surprise when two hours later we were still in the same poufy chairs reading book after book. Rob cuddled with Kaden and we just relaxed and sat peacefully. After putting the kids to bed Rob and I settled into watching a DVD we picked up from redbox. Granted we fell asleep before it was finished it was still a perfect end to a great day.

Rob has wanted to go eat at a restaurant called Buddy Freddie’s for a while, its pretty far North from us so we hadn’t gone yet but Sunday morning seemed like a perfect time to have breakfast there. He has fond memories of this place and remembers sitting outside in their rocking chairs waiting for a table and being served warm apple cider on a chilly night. Unfortunately after a half hour drive our experience was not so nice. The kids were both asleep but we managed to transfer Aliya from the car to the stroller without waking her up. Once we were inside our service was terrible. The waitress was exceptionally rude so we just left. Amazingly rob got Aliya buckled back into the car seat without waking her. We then drove almost an hour to South Tampa while the kids slept and went to Waffle House for breakfast. I love Waffle House, great cheap food with fast service. The menu, the atmosphere nor the waitresses have changed in 30 years. It is always exactly the same which is so wonderful because you can always count on it. After breakfast we met up with Becca and Alastair at international Plazas play place. Aliya was thrilled and just kept saying Alastair, Alastair over and over again and when she was playing with him she kept holding his hand and walking him around showing him off to everyone. Poor Alastair was very accommodating to her when all he really wanted to do was play. On the way home Rob surprised us with a trip to River park. Its brand new gorgeous park right on the water in downtown Tampa. I slept in the grass and saw a shark, Ali ran through the water and ate a hot dog, Rob bought a sea shell from a little boy and Kaden just slept. We put Ali to bed and watched another movie that night. Rob made it though the whole thing but I fell asleep and it was another perfect night to a fantastic weekend.