Today was the day! Or should I say tonight was the night, the little boys and the big boys had been waiting for: Monster Truck Jam! I walked into the living room around 10 am to see my youngest with his shoes and coat on. J, why are you wearing your coat? N says...because he is ready to go to the Monster Trucks, Mom! Bless his heart...he had 6 1/2 hours until we were meeting the others from small group...and 9 WHOLE hours until it started! All in all, there were 3 boys and 3 girls and 3 adults....better ratio than the field trip I chaperoned last week...where I had FIVE boys in my group! LOL!
Three of us moms headed out to dinner down Main Street, St. Charles. At Tony's there was a 2 hour wait. What? Shouldn't everyone else be down at Mardi Gras? We head over to Lewis & Clark's...which is just down the street...so we walk...er, stumble down the old brick road! Only a 35 minute wait that turned out to be maybe 18 minutes. Everything is off to a good start. We were given a table with room for six...we each had a chair to put our coats and purses on.
Salads come, then dinner arrives. Chitter chatter is pretty nonstop and topics change. Suddenly a man appears at our table and says "Ladies," with a very serious tone. One lady had her back to him and was startled, one lady said she felt guilty..uh oh, what did we do, and I am thinking, omg, he recognizes me from a dating website...LOL! He continued to tell us that we were mis-seated (is that a word?) and since there were only 3 in our party, would we be willing to move to a 4-top, so they could have the 6-top for their larger party....and that dessert would be on the house. Instantly, the chocolate lovers that we are...said SURE! Our Mud Pies were MONSTROUS...5 inches high! I could not finish mine, to say the least.
Once we headed back to my house, since I have the fireplace....we continued in wonderful sharing and conversation. I pampered my guests with Satin Hands and we were ready to do our manicures, when one, then two phones ring. The men calling their wives. Then we heard. The Monster Truck Jam tickets sold out right in front of them. After driving 6 kids downtown St. Louis, and parking (which my oldest informed me that Mr. N had to waste $15 on a parking space), only to find out they couldn't get in. I give these dads lots of Plan B credit since they took our bundles of joy to the NASCAR speedpark at the famous Mills Mall (our version of a mini-Mall of America). Obviously, the kids all had a good time...and Mr. B got beat on a remote-controlled (I think) car race by my oldest.
All in all...it was a Monster of a Night...with lots of fond memories!
4 comments:
That was quick thinking to come up with an alternative like that. It could have been a disasterous evening for the boys, but it sounds like it turned out great.
Bummer that they didn't get to see the monster trucks, but that's cool that it worked out. I'm glad that you had a great time too!:) It's wonderful to get together with others like that and just enjoy the company.
Glad you got a free dessert! Sounds like the evening turned out great.
Hey, I read your comments on forrests blog...you going to do a spin off like you talked about? I commented too....regarding the "single mom's" ministry. :) ttyl--have a good day.
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