Last night we took our 2 boys to dinner after work and school and visiting Daddy's new workplace and dropping the car off at the shop AND after the 2-year-old was just recovering from a bad cold/fever that lasted 2 solid days. (Any parent reading this can see any number of warning signs here that we were, admittedly, idiotic to ignore...)
Anyhow, it could have been much worse - for example, nobody vomited or wiped boogers on a hapless waitress or flung their refried beans at the chandeliers or exhibited symptoms of wild demonic possession - but we ended up taking turns holding said 2-year-old while he alternately cried and napped and whined about his runny nose. I fully admit this was our fault for dragging him to the restaurant when we clearly knew better! And I will give our 7-year-old credit for being an angel, even when he asked to taste the HOT SAUCE and instantly regretted it.
Nonetheless, no matter how desperate we are for a night out in the future, I will recommend seriously against taking tired post-sick kids to an honest-to-goodness restaurant. Lesson learned! Until the next time, I'm sure, when we'll undoubtedly make such a dumb decision again!
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