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Family Journal 587AZ - Amelia Noodles with Amelia on the side
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Long ago, Amelia was in a dark mood, so I said well, in that case, we should get "Amelia Noodles". Her mood instantly brightened, and he had a fine date eating Pad Thai. Yesterday, it was our weekly date night and we decided on Amelia noodles. Subway, desert, future jobs and shotguns for boys, it was amazing! ps: best parenting tip ever - weekly date nights. pss: best story about this in 7 habits chapter 3.

There's basically nothing better then date nights. You give your full attention to your kid/spouse/friend and focus on being present, listening, being grateful, and appreciating them. Here's our blow by blow {%include bi_table.html is=" amelia-dad-dog.jpeg;icecream-date.jpeg "%}

The morning of:

  • Igor: For today's date night, how about Amelia Noodles?
  • Amelia: That sounds good, I don't think we had date night in 3 years, I'm like 7 now, and I would have been 4 back then.
  • Igor: Perfect

6 pm day of:

  • Igor: Hey Amelia, should we drive or subway?
  • Amelia: (Sharing my love of not driving). It's been a while, lets take the subway, it's good.

On our walk to the subway:

  • Amelia: Dad, you should get a purse
  • Igor: My fanny pack is pretty much a purse
  • Amelia: No it's not, get a purse

Changing subject:

  • Igor: What do you want to be when you grow up?
  • Amelia: Well, I used to want to be a signer, but now I want to help people, so maybe a vet or a Dr or a nurse
  • Igor: Oh that's great (mental note: I'm all for high paying careers).
  • Amelia: Yeah, mom used to be a nurse, she helped the Dr.
  • Igor: What kind of Dr would you want to be, some fix legs and some fix hearts
  • Amelia: Oh, a Psychiatrist.
  • Igor: (Wow!) Oh, that'd be great, I see them every week, and that was really important to my Dad.
  • Amelia: Yeah, that'd really help people

Changing Subject:

  • Amelia: You know, the other day we were driving, you weren't there, and I was gonna fall asleep, but then I heard Zach and Mom talking about her dad. So I started to eves drop.
  • Amelia: When I eves drop I can close my eyes and really see what's going on in my mind.
  • Igor: Oh yeah, what do you imagine it's like when I'm at work
  • Amelia: (Closes her eyes for a few minute). Well I imagine there's a desk and monitor, and you sit there. And there's probably a coffee machine too.
  • Igor: Yup, that's spot on.

We take the subway up to the new u-district station (highly recommended), and it has a super cool art installation that looks like the apartments from Brooklyn.

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Then we went to Thai Thom, amazing hole in the wall Thai restaurant I'd gone to 21 years earlier as an intern and several times since.

  • Igor: You know, when you get a boyfriend, I'll need to buy a shotgun and really make sure they're scared of me.
  • Amelia: (Concerned, then smiling). You know, if you do that, then I need to move out.
  • Igor: Hymn, I'll take that into consideration.

Changing Subject

  • Igor: Amelia, how is it your tablet has no more time limits?
  • Amelia: Sheepish Grin
  • Igor: Humm?
  • Amelia: Well I'm pretty smart and kept guessing passwords till you know. I'm smart you know
  • Igor: Oh I know that very well.

After we finish eating.

  • Igor: You know, should we have desert?
  • Amelia: Well, it is a date, I think we should.

It was cold, but we couldn't find anywhere else, so we ended up at an ice cream store. (I need to spend more time in the U district). The place was weird and had stuff like double tea ice cream, and basil ice cream.

  • Amelia: Who would want these weird ice creams, they don't even have strawberry or vanilla
  • Igor: I know, we can at least share this weird chocolate one.
  • Amelia: (Non-sequitur, just like her dad) Mail rhymes with Tail
  • Igor: Do you know there are different kinds of mail?
  • Amelia: Yup, like mailbox, and male like ...
  • Amelia: (She cut me off, just like her dad) The guys you threatened with a shotgun.

Ice cream over, I considered grabbing a Gig Car (adhoc car rental) home. Then, I remembered I'm always happier not driving so back on the Subway we want. A great choice, as there was a really cute dog wearing a Luau.

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After we got off on our subway stop:

  • Igor: Hey Amelia, you know what we should do next?
  • Amelia: What?
  • Igor: To end our perfect date, we should write up what we talked about, and then you should read me a bedtime story.

And we did!

Have a great week, and remember - Want to Parent Right? Date Night! - ZiaT