MOMMY & ME WHAT STARTED AS AN IDEA TO BE SURE THAT I WAS MAKING time to hang out with my kids quickly became their weekly chance to go out to eat and spend their allowance. If Kal had to be in class four days a week, I didn’t think that meant Betty should never go to the beach. Mom Day could be my chance to help them with their coding and video production goals. For the first Mom Day, I took Boom to the Flat Iron Lego store to look for special parts and Container Store for better ways to organize toys. The next day was Kal’s Mom Day. We went to look for embroidery thread and other crafty things. Then the days quickly became about asking to go to a Lego Store or Dollar Tree. To be sure I didn’t have to do that three times a week, Kal was directed to go hunting for new foods at places like Trader Joe’s. Sitting in beach traffic without actually going to the beach was slightly ridiculous, so I tried to avoid the malls as much as I could. But the whole atmosphere of walking from store to store in person to touch things and eat in a food court seemed to be the re-opening experience they needed. —MV
REVERSE ORDER Betty wanted IHOP after playing on the beach, so we learned the Yelp waitlist.
We came out of hibernation to go shop
DINE IN Taco Bell was the first place we sat indoors to eat. They had the naked chicken chalupa on Kal’s first Mom Day. Boom asked for McDonald’s on his next Mom Day. Then Betty wanted IHOP. Each restaurant seemed to handle the re-opening differently. Mom Days were pretty much the only time we dined out.
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Art Department Weekly • Summer 2021
