My kids are officially "Those kids".

I'm very frustrated right now. Tonight we had an opportunity to have dinner with a bunch of friends and possibly go skating afterwards. Granted the wait for dinner was long for two 3 year olds, but their behaviour really pushed me over the limit. Between biting me on the butt (literally), hitting two friends, pushing Val over, jumping up and down, and screaming there weren't many people they hadn't offended. Yes, I know they're three. Yes, I know they have a limited attention span. No, I don't think I'm expecting too much of them, but maybe I am. What's the solution? Do I stay home and only take them to the park where screaming, jumping, and acting like little monkeys is ok? Do I continue to take them out and disrupt entire restaurants full of people? I don't know the solution, but I may have an idea.

I'm thinking we need to make a lot of dinner dates and be prepared to walk out and go home the minute they misbehave. Why dates? Because they don't seem to act like this when it's just me and Bill. So, if you would like to meet us somewhere and not have dinner with us, let me know. Who knows? Maybe they'll start behaving and we'll actually get to have dinner with you instead of leaving.