Andrew's Date Night!

This week was finally Andrew's date night...he has been patiently but excitedly awaiting his turn! Friday night was a big community barbecue/music shindig at a local campground to celebrate the 100th "birthday" of the Chugach National Forest. I was delighted with the prospect of not having to cook, plus Smokey the Bear (whom Jacob loves) was supposed to be there. Then Mark planned on taking Andrew on a bike ride afterward for his date.
Well, some of the best-laid plans are laid to waste! We got down the to the campground around 6:30, to discover that they had started the barbecue at 4 p.m. and had run out of food by 4:30! And Smokey had already come and gone! The boys did have fun playing on the playground, but we had to head home for a late dinner (and we weren't the only ones facing that prospect, either)!
To get date night started earlier, Mark decided to just take Andrew to the Lodge for dinner...one of Andrew's favorite things to do! They really enjoyed their time. Apparently it was really busy and they had to wait for a table, so Mark had fun telling the hunting story of the bear trophy that's in the Lodge (a friend of his shot it), and then Andrew just kept sitting on his lap, asking for other stories about other wild animals.

Jacob and I enjoyed dinner together, too...Anna slept till we were done. Because it was so late, we didn"t get to work on puzzles together like I hoped, but we had a good evening regardless!