Mason and I had a nice little evening out until we got called out of an old lady.

We went to Party City to pick up his birthday invitations and Mason asked to eat dinner at Wendy's. I was completely on board because the dog trainer was at our house and I wanted to stay away as long as possible.

The line to order was long and slow, as usual. Mason picked a perfect table by the window and during the long wait decided to take the salt & pepper shakers off 2 other tables and built a pyramid. I have totally learned about picking battles and this wasn't a big deal at all to me. At least he was not using them as bowling pins (which he has been known to do). Once our food was ready we had a nice little dinner - just the two of us - having great conversation. When we were ready to go, Mason left the pyramid as a special treat for the next lucky family at our table. As we walked to the door, an old lady totally called us out. She looked right at Mason and said "Young man, you need to put those salt & pepper shakers back on the other tables." We both looked at her confused and she repeated it and added that other guests would need to use them and he needed to put them back. Mason was terrible shy and embarassed and tried to hide behind me and asked me to help him put them back. I was still uncertain if the lady was actually serious. I think she was. I just didn't see that it was a big deal (at Wendy's after all) and I didn't want some crancky old lady to ruin our evening. Mason was actually behaving (for once) and now he was getting in trouble by a stranger with a bad attitude.

I thought about assisting him in putting the S & P back in their rightful place but changed my mind. I simply said "Please don't get on to him about that, his mommy thinks it OK." The lady mumbled something about his mommy and we left with a friendly smile on my face.

Maybe, I should have listened to the old lady but by gosh it was OK with his mommy.