Mommy son date

Since Elizabeth came along Glen and Benjamin have been having a hard time getting enough attention from me.  Between having to feed her every two hours,  having her get RSV and spending a week at the hospital, and all the other time it takes to take care of every need a new born has I can't really blame them, so John and I decided it was time to start dates.
Sunday I asked Glen to go on a date with me.  He was so excited, it's all he talked about all week.  On Thursday John was home so we headed off for our date.  We went to this awesome place called Scheel's.  On the way there I asked Glen what he wanted to be when he grows up and he said a super hero and we talked a lot about super hero's and their super powers.  When we go there Glen ran around to open my door just as this huge truck was pulling through and I though he wouldn't see Glen and he was going to hit him so I opened my door really fast so he would see the door and I could pull Glen in onto my lap, but he ended up seeing Glen just in time and stopped.  My heart nearly stopped, and I had Glen on my lap and put his hand to my heart so he could feel how fast and hard it was pounding.  He asked why I was scared and I told him why and hugged him tight.  Then I put him back down and said "Let's try that again with out the big truck almost hitting you, and closed my door again.
At Scheel's we rode the Ferris Wheel.  I am very afraid of heights so the whole time Glen was saying it would be ok, don't look down mom, ok, now you can look down (when we were at the bottom) and I was trying hard not to clutch the bar too tight, gasp too often, or cry, but Glen had fun and I think he liked the idea of protecting me.
After the Ferris Wheel we headed over to the play area and we played indie, then ran around the store playing tag.  Glen ran too far and I couldn't find him, but I figured he had just gone to far and would find his way back so I waited for a minute before going to look.  Sure enough in less then a minute he ran up with a store employee and said "That's my mom, we are on a date, just the two of us!"  She thought it was very cute.  After that we played DDR a few times before he got bored and wanted to go play miniature golf.  Scheel's has this area where you can try out the different kind of golf clubs in an area that is about 6 square feet.
After he finished we headed to Wendy's to get frosties and a fry.  We talked about Primary, kindergarten next year, and a few other things.  I showed Glen how to dip fries in a frosty and he tried it, then he showed me how to dip fries in ketchup and then the frosty and I was brave and tried it.  It was not that bad, I kind of liked it.  :)  After he finished his frosty he asked why we were sharing a fry and I said that sharing is fun, so he asked "Mom, since sharing is fun, do you want to share your frosty?"  I laughed at that!  He is so smart.  I did want to share so while he dipped more fries, this time in my frosty, I told him why I thought it was so funny.
I am grateful for the opportunity I had to go on a date with Glen.  We both had so much fun and he got two hours all to himself.  I hope that starting early will help us both learn to take this time to talk to each other about what's important.  At 4 there isn't all that much I already know about him and he doesn't struggle with too much, but when he is older I know we will need not only that time, but that habit I am trying to form for us both.