<p>Walk into a fancypants restaurant at lunchtime with your double stroller.&#0160; When the hostess asks if more people will be joining you say, &quot;oh no, it&#39;s just me and the kids.&quot;</p>

<p>The last time so many people in business suits stared at me I was presenting a marketing plan.</p>

<p>I have kids but I get tired of &quot;family-friendly&quot; places.&#0160; Sometimes I want to pay $9.00 for a cheeseburger, you know what I mean?&#0160; &#0160;</p>

<p>It went miraculously well.&#0160; My son even put his cloth napkin across his lap and ate his fancy fries like a champ.&#0160; The only disappointment of the afternoon came when I asked for a dessert menu - I was craving some chocolate mousse so I was going to order one &quot;for the kids.&quot;&#0160; Instead, the waiter gave Sebastian a free <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/stevegarfield/ooat/hoodsie.jpg">Hoodsie cup</a> as a reward for being such a well-behaved gentleman.</p>

<p>I didn&#39;t have the heart to upstage my son&#39;s well-deserved treat with my frou-frou dessert so I went without.&#0160; It was a small price to pay to watch him delight in eating ice cream out of a paper cup.&#0160; Motherhood demands many sacrifices- some are big, some are small - but they all come with enormous rewards.</p>
