Happy Mother’s Day!
May 13 2007
Happy Mother’s Day from Babble Soft! Our Mother’s Day special is still available through the end of May 2007. I hope every mother is being treated like royalty this weekend. On Saturday I took my son to his swim class, we went to a birthday party, I took a nap, then went to the mall (by myself!), and then my husband planned a date night for us. It was nice going to the mall and having time to think about the things I wanted to buy, instead of having to make decisions in 5 seconds because one of the kids wants to be carried or is about to run off somewhere. 🙂 I went to Victoria’s Secret and bought some of my usual items (some on sale), bought some sunglasses from the $10/first pair, $5/second pair sunglass kiosk, and got some things for the kids at The Disney Store. The Disney Store had beach towels (Nemo and Micky Mouse) for $9.99 each , and flip flops for $4 a pair! I was feeling so good about my accomplishments, that I didn’t realize what time it was. I had arrived at the mall around 5:00 pm and thought I had plenty of time…until my husband called to ask where I was. I said “I’ll be home by 6:00 pm” and he said “it is 6:00 pm!” I was surprised because I thought it was only 5:30 pm. The girl at the Disney Store checkout laughed with me and helped me get out the door in a hurry!
After dinner at a nice local restaurant called Shoreline Grill, my husband got out his Blackberry and looked for jazz clubs. We don’t get out much so we aren’t up to speed on the downtown club scene. The place we went to is called The Elephant Room and it had a nice ambiance. We got there around 9:00 pm, they said the band, Gnappy, would start at 9:30 pm, but they didn’t start until around 9:50 pm. We had to leave at 10:00 so our baby sitters could go home. We liked what we heard the 10 or so minutes we were there! Maybe next time.
Today, we went with some friends for a nice brunch at Chez Zee. They had balloon animals and face painting for the kids. We came home and my husband took the kids across the street to play with the grand kids of one of our neighbors, and I was able to call my mom and have a nice mother’s day chat with her. Both kids are napping now so I thought I’d take the opportunity to blog a little.
Happy Mother’s Day everyone!
Aruni
Author: Aruni | Filed under: mom, mother, mother's day, parenting | 3 Comments »
Happy Mother’s Day, Aruni! I’m glad to hear that you had a very special weekend of celebration with your family.
I was at a conference in Chicago this weekend and took a late-night flight home so I could be with my mom today.
I love The Elephant Room! If you are a sushi fanatic like me, it’s fun to have a sushi dinner at Kyoto upstairs and then trot underneath for smooth music at Elephant. Makes for a great date night.
My other jazz favorite is Eddie V’s. Not necessarily a jazz club, but we like to dine in the bar area on Saturday evenings. They always have great live jazz. It’s fun to dine and watch the piano player at the same time. They often have The Marc Devine Trio with Denia Ridley; this band rocks this house. They can also be seen at Reed’s Supper Club during the week.
Cheers!
Thanks!
Connie – I’m glad you made it home to see your mom on Mother’s Day. I’m sure she was happy to see you. 🙂
Megan – I didn’t realize Eddie V’s had jazz on Saturday nights…that’s good to know. We haven’t been there in quite some time. We’ve been to Reed’s a couple of times but for some reason I remember it being very loud. And yes, I love sushi! When we saw Kyoto we both said we should go there and go to Elephant Room right after. We’ll just make sure the babysitters can stay later!