Last night’s Boys Night Out was a hit. I picked up Joshua a few minutes early from school. He’s always pretty excited about getting to ride in my truck, so the afternoon got off to a great start. I asked him what he wanted to do that night and after mulling over a few possibilities, he decided he wanted to go rent a movie. So we made a beeline to Blockbuster and picked up a copy of Ratatouille. (It was OK. Definitely not Cars. But then again, what is?) After we picked out our movie, we went next door to Books-A-Million and I let Joshua pick out a calendar to give to Abby Kate for Christmas. With my coaxing, he chose a Disney princess calendar for sis (I had to convince him not to get her the Spider-Man calendar).
After making these stops, we went home to play in the front yard. He wanted to play baseball (atta boy), so I soft-tossed a few while he took some batting practice. Then we moved to the basketball goal and took turns making shots before spending some time riding our bikes. It started to get dark and pretty cold, so we hopped back in the truck a little before 5:00. Neither of us were hungry just yet so, at Joshua’s request, we made a run to the public library. The apple sure doesn’t fall far from the tree, does it? We picked up another video and Daddy checked out a copy of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Joshua even sat still for about 10 minutes while he leafed through the latest copy of Sports Illustrated. After a quick stop at McDonald’s, we were back at home. I think we had our pajamas on with Ratatouille in the DVD player by 6:30. We capped the night off with some late night M&M’s and a wrestling match. By 9:00, the little guy was wiped out (so was Daddy!) and I tucked him in.
Last night while we were driving around, Joshua saw a church building outside his window. “What is that, Daddy?” he asked.
“It’s a church,” I told him.
“What do they do there?”
“Well, they probably talk about Jesus.”
“Daddy, you talk about Jesus.”
“Yes, son. I do.”
“When I get big, can I talk about Jesus?”
“Buddy, you can talk about Jesus now, even though you’re little.”
The biggest grin spread across his little face. “Oh. I can talk about Jesus, too!” For Dad, that was the highlight of the evening.
Here’s Joshua’s description of the night and our plans for watching today’s big game:
already & not yet 
Glad you guys had some time together. You are his hero. Cherish these times
That is just precious. I wish we had a better outcome but I am glad you all had fun.
We had a blast. Nothing like a little guy time. But by lunch time on Saturday, I think we were both missing our girls!
Somethings don’t change as they get older…food, sports, being outside, and movies..all things that we do with our boys. The only thing is that the food is more expensive! Also, the questions they ask and the answers they give to our questions are a little more complicated. It’s fun to read about your little ones and remember when! Still, boys are great!
Sounds like a fantastic time!