We try to celebrate the kids' birthdays with a special dinner or lunch. I say try because it may not be on their actual birthday, but will be for their birthday. The children can choose to have either lunch or dinner. They also can ask for a specific meal to be made or to go to a specific restaurant.
This year Skye asked to have a girls' lunch at the Rainforest Cafe at a mall in Nashville. There is a reason that this is considered special. I am not a shopper. I have never really had the ability of buying whatever I wanted when I wanted. I had a kid and a limited income. I also have issues with crowds which affects my ability to be around a large crowd and most of the time I avoid this.
When I can't avoid it, I have to push through the feelings of anxiety and it tends to make me somewhat short-tempered. I also want to get in, get what I'm there for, and then get the hell back out as quickly as humanly possible all while talking or interacting with as few people as possible. My patience is like a sponge filled with water. The sponge starts out full and takes a lot to squeeze it. The longer I am there, the tighter that sponge gets squeezed until its dryer than the desert. So when Skye requests this for her birthday, she knows that I will let her go to as many stores as I can possibly handle without complaining. Ok, with as little complaining as possible. If I wouldn't let her complain than I can't either.
We didn't take much video because it was a public place and I did want to respect the other peoples' privacy.
Watch the video here:
See ya soon!
Danielle
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