Riley's "date"

Russ and I have started something with the kids. It started with Randal. Randal is a very good student. He has gotten pretty much straight "A's" since we got him. Which was a huge change from before we got him. We wanted to reward him in some way for his good work. We decided to take him out on a "date." Now that Riley is in school we have started this with him. On his first progress report he didn't get ALL good marks. Now, he is only in Kindergarten and he does REALLY GOOD. On his second progress report he got perfect marks. We told him mommy and daddy would take him on a date. He was really excited. I think this really encourages them to do their best. I don't want them to feel like we expect too much from them, but that we support their efforts.

We let him choose where we went to eat. He chose Kabuki's (with a little "suggestion" from daddy.) It is a Japanese steak house. SOOO GOOD!!! We ate Teppanyaki style. He loves all the fire. He ate a TON of food.

After dinner we took him to get ice cream. Then went over to the arcade. He loved playing all the games. I got a couple of really cute pictures of him and Russ playing the games. He liked the special attention with just mom and dad and I think he felt pretty special. It was also fun for Russ and I to be alone with just him.