Olive turned 10 yesterday and we've really enjoyed finding fun ways to celebrate her with family and friends! Her favorite activity: A surprise birthday dinner date with mom and dad.
I booked our favorite Mimi & Papaw babysitters and surprised her with plans for a solo dinner date. I had a family favorite dinner ready for the boys to enjoy at home so they wouldn't feel left out and then booked a restaurant that we usually only go to on date nights. Olive was so excited!
We headed downtown to one of our favorite restaurants - Comfort. We let Olive pick our seating. Since the weather was perfection, she chose a table on the patio. We had so much fun watching people go up and down Main Street.
She was thrilled with her pretty lemonade drink and the fact that the hostess didn't even consider giving her a kid's menu. We examined the menu closely. She did ask to see it just to make sure that she wasn't missing out on anything delicious. But she ultimately opted to order from the adult menu. BLTA - minus the A because she doesn't like avocado. We enjoyed an appetizer, delicious food and we asked her fun questions, she chatted about things that were important to her and we reminisced about life with baby Olive. It was wonderful. We took a stroll around downtown to Self-E Alley where we snapped pictures, enjoyed the sights and sounds downtown and then we walked around the campus at University of Evansville.
I don't know where Olive will choose to go to college, but it was fun to talk about what college would look like at UE. She requested Chick-Fil-A lunch dates with Kevin, grocery shopping and walks around campus.
She kept saying all night long - It's like I'm an only child for the night! I don't have to share either of you! This is awesome! She felt really special and really loved. I'm quite certain that she smiled the entire night long. She thanked us a million times for the fun night. She rode home with her head out the window to soak in every last bit of sunset magic. We were all excited to get home to the boys, but we learned a good lesson - Make the time to enjoy your kids one on one!
The boys had the best night at home and we had the best night with Olive. Fletcher is taking notes for when he gets older and Olive is planning her next night out :)
We surprised her with a solo dinner out, a giant bean bag chair for her bedroom and took seriously her birthday requests for a friend party and not to be sung to at a restaurant for her birthday. We'd highly recommend planning some birthday surprises that your preteen would love!
This is such a fun age!!
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