Date Night- AJ

Tonight was AJ's turn.  When I tucked him last night after going out with Ty, he wanted to know when his turn was going to be.  I knew I wanted to take him to a movie, because he loves them and I love to hear his genuine giggle at humorous animation.  His choice for dinner was of course Chick-fil-A, he held my phone and was my personal navigator telling me each turn (because we went to the one in Fayetteville).  At dinner, we talked about the advantages of being the oldest; getting to do everything first and being a role model.  He got a CFA sandwich because "it has more flavor than the nuggets" and he also told me he likes Nana and Papa's lemonade better because it doesn't have things floating in it (pulp).  I have learned that he has a very particular pallet and can distinguish flavors very well.  We talked about different sports that he might play next year (we're thinking of trying something new) and I asked him if he wanted to try soccer.  His response was, "Do they get a trophy for playing soccor?"  We went to see Rio 2 and it was a cute story with tons of comedy.  He laughed a lot; we shared a popcorn and he held my hand :-)  Towards the end of the movie, he leaned over and asked me, "Are we going to go get ice cream, because Ty told me he had ice cream"  Of course I said yes.  I asked him where he wanted to go and he chose Brusters.  We had been their recently and he liked their orange sherbet, so that was his choice.  He thought it was really cool that he got to stay out late, we got home around 10:00pm.  He held my hand everywhere we went, and I think he really enjoyed some time away from his brothers.  He said, "Sometimes Mark acts like a chimpanzee and Ty acts like a headbanger" (because he bangs on stuff).  I just agreed.  I loved our one on one time.