We went out to our favorite breakfast place yesterday morning with the kids and it was a wild experience. We usually go just us, on the weekends we drop the kids off at my parents.

I guess they didn't anticipate that people might be out early and in higher numbers for mother's day. We sat and ordered drinks and it took almost a half hour to get them. The owner came over maybe 15 min later to take our order and we decided that for our youngest (3) we would just ask for an extra plate so we can give him a little off each of our plates.

When we asked the owner this, she said "Oh, OK, extra plate... That'll be $2".

She charged us $2 for an extra plate...

We learned later that the owner of this place is like this all the time. Apparently she hates when people show up and only order coffee and pastries. Several reviews stated as such. On one she replied "This is a breakfast place, not a coffee shop".

So... That kinda sucks.

We were a little defeated by the experience. We thought about just heading home, instead of going to the gardening center. But we did it anyway, and that turned out to be a good idea. We saw a super cute shop cat just walking around like she owned the place. Very friendly! The kids got a kick out of seeing a kitty in the store. We got some stuff for the garden, we also got the kids some shovels to help us out with the dirt (and for playing). We got some flowers too.

Right by the garden there is a Greenway, and we decided to take the kids on a little walk. The Greenway ran along a river, so we walked it for a bit, let the kids run loose up and down the path. It was a good diversion.

Then we spent most of the afternoon doing yard work and garden work. The kids were able to help out with their new shovels. Very productive afternoon. All and all, not a bad mother's day!