Spring 2010 the Chatt's go out for dinner

Jennifer and Molly went out to the movies and had a girls night out. It was Larry, Mom and Dad Chatt, Grayson, Julia and Jackson that were left behind. I needed to go out and pick up a few valentine's items and wanted to go into Bradenton. The original night started out that Grayson and Dad would go out and have a bite to eat then hit Walmart for a few small Valentine's presents. Pretty quickly it was Dad Chatt, Larry and Grayson....arggg, a guys night out on the town. All right, way to go guys, we were going to show the girls how to do it right!

Sitting in my parents Holmes Beach Vacation Rental we began to weigh our options. Larry and Dad Chatt take Jackson and Grayson. No, No, take Julia, Grayson and Jackson... yah right. I wanted to have a nice night out and not worry about watching several children. Well it quickly moved into the whole gang going out for dinner and mom chatt was very skeptical that we would even be able to eat dinner let alone stop for Valentine's shopping.

We jumped in the truck and after much debate decided on Applebee's. All along the trip, can we go to Mcdonalds, Burger King, etc. We tried Applebees and the wait would have been excruciatingly long. Uh oh, what to do now. We drove down Cortez and began the continued dialogue between the children and myself. Chuckie Cheese, McDonalds, and on and on.

Finally we came up upon Cody's and Dad Chatt grabbed a menu and it had something for everyone. For Jackson, Macaroni and Cheese, Julia, Chicken Fingers and for the adults something half way decent to eat which did not require a choice of pepperoni or French Fries. So we made it through the evening without any embarrassing temper tantrums and was happy to click off a couple ACTION dinner shots with the family.

We were all worried for nothing. It was a great night out and we even stopped off at Walmart and picked up some Valentine gifts!