Quality Time

Yesterday morning I woke up, got the kids up and dressed and brought them downstairs for breakfast  to begin our process of getting to school on time. About 10 minutes later Josh came downstairs, not dressed in work clothes, which is rather unusual. He had been telling me for over a week that he had a surprise coming for me on Tuesday (yesterday.) I was expecting to drop the kids ofF, run a few errands, then go meet him for lunch and receive my surprise (I had no clue as to what it might be.) To my surprise, the surprise he had for me was that he had taken the day off work and we were going to be able to have an entire 5 hours to have a day date while the kids were at school. BEST. SURPRISE. EVER.

We dropped off the kids, went by the liquor store to pick up the release of Boulevards new beer flavor, a white IPA (yes we are the crazies at the liquor store at 9:00am), grabbed a quick egg sandwich at Subway, and then went over to the mall to kill some time before our movie began. The mall was so quiet and stranded and although we didn't do any shopping, it was so nice to simply walk around and talk with Josh without having one child in stroller who doesn't want to be in there and another running around while I panic to make sure she's close enough so no one can steal her (yes I have a constant fear that my children will be kidnapped, I can't help it.) We then drove over to the movies and saw Gravity in 3D. The movie was good, I wouldn't say it is something I want to watch again, however I am glad I saw it, and it successfully does a great job of getting all the emotions out of you in which it intends to. I was scared, nervous, sad, jumpy, dizzy, and joyful. Plus the special effects were amazing, definitely a better movie to see in the theater than at home.

After the movie we went over to one of our favorite restaurants and ate a lovely lunch on the patio while we soaked in the last hour of our alone time. It was truly the perfect day and I felt so incredibly special that Josh had not only planned this out just for me but that he had kept the secret for a few weeks! Great job babe, that may have been a record for longest kept secret by you! =)

Below are some pictures I took from the Louisberg Cider Mill Pumpkin Patch Festival that was going on last weekend. It was such a fun morning and our kids are finally at the age where they are both able to participate and have a blast at events like this. We fed goats, drank apple cider, picked pumpkins straight from the vine, took a hayride, and played in the children's maze & teepee area. I love fall festival weekends!!!