Nice Lunch...WITH kids...

My brother and sister-in-law took us out for a NICE lunch at Brio, which is an Italian restaurant located in a trendy shopping area near our home. Now we take our kids out to eat often and they have been going to restaurants since they were tiny. Keeping that in mind, I had no concerns taking them to a nice place to eat. It was so nice of our guests to treat us to lunch, too! Anyway, we had to wait a while to be seated, no big deal....Reagan let out a couple of her LOUD squeals, not that big of a deal....they had white paper covering the linen table cloths so the kids got to write on that, and it was entertaining for even us adults! The kids did fine during lunch and it was a very YUMMY meal. We even got dessert, at which time Blayne knocked over my FULL drink...no big deal, it all stayed on the table, but those fancy table napkins don't soak up liquids so I had to ask for paper napkins...I pushed Reagan away from the table so that I could clean up the spilled drink. I was not paying attention to where I had placed her high chair...in ARMS reach of the empty table next to us CRASH!!!!! down went a small plate that Reagan had managed to pull from the table. ARGHHH...poor waiter guy had to bring napkins to help me clean up and then sweep the floor. As I turned around, I see that Blayne is drawing so nicely and then I notice that the sweet waiter has removed the white paper and my son is now coloring on the linen table cloth!!!! Whew, at least it was time to go. Then, as I was taking JUST Reagan out with me, John sent the other THREE to catch up with me...RUNNING through the restaurant. As we were walking out, Savannah knocked over a menu display...hmmmm My brother has no children, I wonder what his thoughts are on eating out with kids!!!!