Sometimes you get to share some of your favorite stuff with one of your kids, and everybody wins.
Last night, while my younger child was at school for some fun activity, I suggested to my wife that we take our older one out to dinner at her choice of restaurant. She wanted to go to Slurp! Ramen in Church Hill having never been, so off we went. A little time for her to get her parents to herself, to visit a fun restaurant and have delicious food. We all loved dinner, but since the night was young after we finished, I suggested we head next door to The Emerald Lounge - one of Richmond’s finest cocktail bars. This isn’t typically a place to take a kid, but it was reasonably early in the evening and they have several excellent non-alcoholic options available.
Our daughter is ten years old and seems to be just old enough to appreciate what it means to have a night out at one of the local “cool” spots. So my wife and I were able to enjoy some magnificent cocktails at one of our favorite places, but the kid got to feel extra special with her fancy mocktails, too. “It feels like my birthday!” she said several times.
What a great night!