Just not worth it

Today was so taxing that I almost don't feel like blogging about it. Headache.

With both kids sick, I thought it would be good to get out of the house for distraction. It worked Friday and the Santa Clara County Fair was today. Why not?

I'll tell you why not. Because Tobey was the whiniest kid alive today. As if that wasn't enough he had a pee accident because he answered "no" and whined instead of going to the potty. And if that wasn't enough, his accident wasn't on the ground, it was while Tom was holding him.

Maybe he was tired. Maybe he was too excited about rides to eat lunch. Maybe it's because technically he is still sick. Who knows. At least Tobey had fun on the rides finally. At least we saw a fun BMX bike show (think X Games). At least we got a Slurpee on the way home.

Because it was Tobey's birthday and I didn't feel like cooking, the plan was to go out to dinner tonight. Usually our kids are good in restaurants so we decided to try PF Chang's for fun (yes, we know it's not real Chinese food). Why not?

I'll tell you why not. Because now Eli is overtired because his naps got messed up because we were out all day at the fair trying to do something fun for a whiny 3 year old on his birthday. So not only is Tobey a little hyper at dinner, unable to keep to restaurant voice, Eli was fussy from the time we were waiting for our appetizer. I felt bad but I dreaded having dessert, the little cakes that I brought to celebrate Tobey's birthday because it meant we had to stay in that restaurant 15 min. longer.

All I wanted was a cute photo of Tobey and his individual sized 3rd birthday cake. All I wanted was a peaceful dinner out at somewhere more special than our standard Chipotle. All I wanted was a fun day for Tobey's birthday.

Tom and I couldn't wait to get home to put the kids to bed. They came home and both just started running around the house being silly. I guess that's all THEY wanted from today. I don't know what I was thinking.