Boys' Night

I have probably mentioned it before, but we live on the best street in the world. Seriously, it is a haven for kids and young families. We now have a monthly boys' and girls' night out where once a month the dads go out and the moms stay home with the kids and then the moms go out another weekend and the dads are on kid-duty. Well, this Saturday was Boys' Night Out, so the moms took the kids to eat and then Gabriel came over to play with Jackson. These pics are at our house after the devil had extracted himself from Jackson's body. Satan is the only explanation for the way Jackson behaved at the restaurant. Ella and Gabriel sat quietly in their seats and colored while Jackson refused to sit in his highchair, screamed bloody murder when he was forced into the highchair and proceeded to escape out the side door of the restaurant several times. Mom was not happy. But, as you can see, he was fine once we got home. He and Gabriel built a fort out of the playroom sofa and put all the toys inside. They thought they were so cool inside the fort! However, the devil returned once Gabriel left and it took me way over an hour to get Jackson to stay in his bed and go to sleep. We like it much better when dad is home to lay down the law. Evidently, mom is seen as a bit of a push-over. I know, hard to believe.