1st Date Night!

Last Wednesday, the 18th, Michael and I had our first date night since Cora's arrival!  Michael and I were about at our wits end with Wes' attitude and arguing (things have since gotten better, slightly, after we re-evaluated our discipline approach, praise the Lord!) and needed a few hours away without anyone under 3 needing our attention.  So Grammy came over at 4:30 and we left a bottle of milk for Cora and some dinner in the oven and headed out the door!!  We've been talking about going to The Melting Pot for a while now and since it's just down the street, we decided that's where we were going.  It felt so nice to be out together alone...it's such a weird feeling because we had years alone together before we had kids but getting to be alone together now, after having kids, is a totally different feeling.

It was great going to someplace new and not knowing what to expect!  It was the last day of Irvine Restaurant Week and they had a pre-fixe menu that included a cheese fondue appetizer, several main course meats and sides, and chocolate fondue dessert for a great price.  There is a burner in the middle of the table and you cook all your food right there.  Here we are cooking our entrees in a vegetable broth.

There was pork, beef, shrimp, potstickers, chicken and salmon.  Everything was delicious and each small piece of meat cooked in 1 1/2 to 3 minutes.  We also cooked potatoes and veggies.

The absolute best part of the meal was the dessert (and the glass of wine I had, my first since having Cora).  We had dark chocolate fondue with crunchy peanut butter.  It was served with strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, cheesecake, brownies and rice crispy squares!  Oh my goodness, we almost ordered a second one, it was amazing!

We were only gone for about three hours, but they were a wonderful three hours.  It was so nice to talk uninterrupted :)  We were about ready to head home, me for physical reasons!, but decided to stop by the Irvine Ranch Market by our house and pick up a treat for Grammy and Wes.  Here's the Cookie Monster cupcake we picked for Wes and below is the fruit tart we picked for Grammy.  (Wes actually ate most of the fruit off of Grammy's tart, we should have known he would have been just as happy with a basket of strawberries!  This kid did not get my sweet tooth!)

Grammy said Wes and Cora were both angels (of course they were!) for her.  We were so thankful for our night out and we'll definitely be back to The Melting Pot for chocolate fondue soon!