An early birthday lunch date

About a week or two ago Spirit asked his dad how much money it would cost to take me out to lunch. Mr. Man jokingly asked if he was paying for just the two of us or the whole family? Spirit said that he really wanted to go out to eat, just the two of us on my birthday. So Mr. Man, not putting a ton of thought into it, says $12.00 should cover it. Then Spirit told him where he wanted to take me (my favorite little hot wings spot) and Mr. Man decided it might be a little more than 12 bucks and gave him $10 to help pay.

Although it was a slight challenge since Spirit is only 8 and doesn't have his own transportation, we went to lunch today. Mr. Man had the day off so he dropped Spirit off at my office. Then he and I went to eat at the little joint, then Mr. Man met up with us to pick up Spirit.

Spirit showed up with his wallet in hand, ready to pay for my meal. The counter at this place is so high it is almost too high for me to see over so you can imagine how cute he looked trying to pay for this all himself! The girls working there loved it! He had to actually step around to the back of the counter to pay the girl!

(this picture below is of him after he ate all his teriyaki wings and had it all over his hands and face. He wanted me to take his picture this way!)

Now, after all my moping yesterday how can I NOT feel better today after his sweet little gesture?

What is even more special, well maybe not MORE, but to add to this, Spirit went to South Dakota over the weekend and kept telling everyone he needed to save $12 to take his mom out to lunch on her birthday. He bought himself trinkets and souvenirs, but he saved out 12 bucks just for me!!