On the weekends, when Niko wakes up, he doesn’t immediately eat breakfast. He plops himself on the beanbag and proceeds to turn on the Switch 2 and is already in the “game zone”. While he doing that, his iPad is blasting YouTube Kids videos. Yeah, it’s hard to get him off of the screens, but we are working on it. A few weekends ago, he didn’t have screens and he was actually using his brain to do things.
On the weekends, we always let Nina get some extra sleep. So, it’s me and him in the mornings. I have my routine of emptying the dishwasher first thing, and then I announce to him and the cat that the dad cafe is open for breakfast. Since Niko isn’t ready to eat, I take care of my breakfast.
Yesterday, Nina came downstairs a few minutes after I finished eating. I was preparing to go for a walk and I told Nina that Niko hasn’t eaten anything yet, and I would be back soon. Nina then mentioned something about me and Niko going for breakfast, and even though he was concentrating on his video game, he heard it and he jumped at that! Usually, getting him out of the house is a struggle as he explains he is out all week at school. He suggested The Original Pancake House, and when I looked to make a reservation, they didn’t have anything available till after lunch. So, I looked at St. Cloud (which is about 30 minutes from us) and found a few spots for breakfast. Niko looked at chose one called Brigitte’s Cafe, but by the time we got there, it was around 11 am. Yeah, no walk for me!
Niko got a bacon cheeseburger, an apple pancake, and we shared chicken tenders. I got a grilled chicken sandwich, chicken and dumpling soup, and a potato pancake. Overall, the food was really good. I told Niko, excellent choice!
On the way there, we passed a large furniture store in Becker (which is about 10 minutes form us, and we frequent it a lot of because of the UPS Store) called Furniture Mart. Niko requested to stop because he loves those types of stores. So, on the way home, we stopped and it was actually a very nice store. I texted Nina that we all need to go so we can buy some kitchen chairs. Niko was amazed at how large the store was. I think that will be a fun place to go when we need to get out and it’s super cold outside!
