The Daily Hailey

I buckled and decided to go into Saskatoon yesterday evening. I had delayed Brady’s Father’s Day date for too long and had promised him Montanas. Dinner out plus Kinsmen Park plus a little shopping sounded good and not stressful at all. After I made the decision, I found out that free rides for kids were cancelled, which was very discouraging to me. Silly, I know, but I was pretty disappointed. I started sulking, which convinced me it was time to get out of the house. No need to pout at home. So we got all ready and met Brady at Montanas at 5:00 so we would for sure get a table.
Our server was really friendly and made sure to ask if Dekker wanted a juice or some milk when we got our drinks. Sometimes I laugh at those questions, but I’ve started to realize that at first glance, my son looks a lot older than he really is due to his size. If you look a little closer, his mannerisms and face is all baby, but I get where it comes from. We ordered for ourselves and were told there was a childrens meal of mashed potatoes and mixed veggies. Instead I just opted for an extra side of mashed potatoes since I knew he wouldn’t even dent it.
Our food came quick and was perfect. Everything was flawless until it was someone’s birthday. If you haven’t been to Montanas, when its someone’s birthday, a few of the staff members bring out an embarrassingly large hat with horns for the birthday victim to wear while they sing happy birthday. They got everyone’s attention and announced that there was in fact a birthday that evening. Everyone clapped, and Dekker just about jumped out of his skin. And then be just wailed. And wailed. And wailed some more. It was terrible, everyone was looking and it took a while to calm him down while they sang happy birthday. Suuuper awkward! So everything calmed down until there was another birthday. When we saw them coming out I grabbed Dekker out of his high chair, and everyone was already watching. When they announced the second birthday, the clapping was a lot more hesitant and quiet. I just bounced Dekker like crazy and sang happy birthday in a funny voice into his ear and he did a lot better. I’m used to Dekker being the center of attention in a lot of cases, but this was not the most favorable one by any means. It is hard to keep a cool head in that kind of situation, and as a recovering pessimist, its hard for me to not let that kind of situation ruin the whole evening. We tried to just laugh about it, and it was ok. When we were done, we paid at the table and started to pack up, and only then (of course) did I really take a look at the bill. Our wonderful server hadn’t charged us for Dekkers food 🙂 I love people like that. People who give him a deal, or who secretly stick a sticker to his hand, or who reach over past the till to scan whatever grocery he happens to be carrying so I don’t have to take it from him. Some people really go the extra mile. It reminds me how badly I want to be that person.
After Montanas we went to Old navy and then Walmart. We had another breakdown in the bathroom when someone flushed a toilet. He cried and cried, and I felt horrible because I know I would feel horrible if I flushed a toilet and as a result, made a baby cry. However, the woman came right up and talked to Dekker and calmed him right down. She said her five year old still cries sometimes at how loud hand dryers can be, and she completely understood. Turns out she was pregnant and very interested in new babies again, so she was very understanding, which made me feel a lot better. Whew!

From there we whipped through Superstore, which is normally not a happy place for me. In high school, for some reason I found specifically Superstore very overwhelming, to a point of getting headaches and feeling sick to my stomach. I’m better at it now, but since they’ve split the aisles I get confused again and it just ticks me off. But it was quick and we got almost everything we came for. Coming through the till, Brady and I threw in our “bets.” We never actually bet anything, but we like to guess how much the trip is going to cost us. I guessed $71 and he guessed $76. It was $56 only! Also, it was tax-free day! Not that it saved us tons, but its was such a nice little thing that surprised me and put a little silver lining on my Superstore cloud.
I’m so glad we went to Saskatoon yesterday. Its funny how the devil tried so many times to wreck the evening (or parts of it) just a little, yet so many bright lights made it awesome!