A night to remember We had our first date in I can't tell you how long last night. I worked in the morning on still more Thank you cards and announcements, cleaning and playing with the kids and changing and feeding them and cleaning up after them and trying to put Tyler on the potty... the usual. So by the time Tyler went down for a nap (late) I was exhausted and not in the mood to clean, but I did! I got things organized for the kids... or at least I started to!! I ate and played with Grace and tried to get ready. At 4:15 I finally called Gary to see why he wasn't home yet and he said he was almost here so I just put the kids in the bathroom with me and started to shower. 30 minutes later when Melissa got there I was almost ready. She was SO good for Tyler. I"m glad I was finally able to use her! She said they played cars, he ate well, and went to bed well too! Of course he woke up when we got home and had a bit of a screaming fit but then he slept through the night so it was no big deal. He got himself all worked up over nothing. Just like his mommy that one! So we left and took Grace to grandma's house. She's been pretty consistant on her screaming fits every evening and I iddn't want Melissa (or Tyler) to have to deal with that. It was good for Tyler to have someone pay attention only to him for a night also. So then we went to Applebee's where we spent entirely too much money but had the best dinner we've had in ages. I didn't have to share a single bite with my son. No crayons on the floor, no race cars, no tears, no cutting his food while mine gets cold, no stopping the tears or getting up to take him to the bathroom for a diaper change. No stopping halfway through to feed and burp the baby, no dirty looks from across the restaurant, no old ladies running over and trying to touch either child. No carting the diaper bag and toddler and car seat. No in and out of two kids- one complaining of the seatbelt being hot. I don't particularly mind any of these things (except when the old ladies smell of cat feces) but not having any of them, what a difference! Freedom! We also FINALLY saw Harry Potter and it was awesome!! I don't know how on earth Gary could possibly follow it without having read it but we talked about it the whole way back to grandma's to get Grace and the whole way home and it seems like he did understand it! I think I'm going to re-read the entire series begining to end but I don't want to start it just yet. Gary's reading book 2 and I'm so excited! It'll be nice to have something else in common to talk about that's new. :) Other than kids I mean. Thanks for a wonderful date Gary!! And Thanks Melissa (who i got to visit with when we got home! BOUNUS!!) for watching Tyler! He misses you already!!!