little pieter and baby

so i went on a "date" tonight with my baby boy and six year old. pieter and i LOVE eating at hu hot mongolian grill, and since his sister had a sleepover and dad had to be gone broadcasting hockey tonight, i figured it would be a great idea to take advantage of some good food and interesting conversation. we had some really good food at hu hot--pieter loves to choose his own things and bring it to the grill--gave a bottle to my baby boy (and in the process discovered he will only take a bottle if it's warm), and then headed out to shop. pieter was SO much more behaved when he didn't have his sister to bug! :) he had fun picking out flip flops for the summer as well as picking out some clothes for his baby brother. we also headed to target where he got to pick out his first birthday party present for the party he's going tomorrow, as well as a gift for the auction basket his class is putting together as a fund raiser for the school. he can be so full of energy and a bit challenging at times, but he has a wonderful side to him as well. he helped me with the baby, held his hand, and even got him to sleep on the way home. it's so awesome to see him maturing! some of the questions he asked:

"how did papa and mima become our grandpa and grandma?"
"how did you meet dad?"
"why did you want to marry him?"
"what did he look like back then?"

and then the one to melt a mom's heart:

"i'm so lucky i got to spend all day with my mom." :)