what a fun night! a friend of mine hosted a sip and see for her 2-week-old daughter in the cool private dining room at ziziki's downtown. we had yummy appetizers, and i drank three glasses of riesling. it was so relaxing, chatting with everyone and enjoying a kid-free evening (josh stayed home with ours, and most everyone else was there sans kids, too). it sounds so odd to say, "gosh, it was so much fun, there were no kids there" when i adore children, especially my own, but... there is something very different and fun about hanging out with adults only. everyone has time to finish a conversation, no one feels left out. my friend alison brought her 1-year-old, but he is such a chill baby, he sat in her lap and munched on food the whole time, and it was as if she was there alone. micah was that way at that age - would've been content to sit in my lap the whole time - but rowan would've been wiggling desperately out of my arms moments after choosing a seat. from there, he would've made a beeline to all the electrical outlets in the room, then headed for the exit, then straight towards the busy street outside. very un-relaxing, for me. he is at a very exploratory age right now, and doesn't take kindly to being confined in new places.
josh and the kids had fun tonight, too; they strolled down to the park and played in their new play tent, teepee and tunnels that josh's sister, kelly, gave them for a late christmas present. they are super cool, and i can't wait to set them up in the backyard at our new house. i'll post a picture of them here soon; i've been so bad about posting pictures, lately...
FYI, we have found a house in west garland that we LOVE and want to rent, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that it's still available in march, when we'll have a deposit and everything. in the meantime, for positive visualization purposes, i am referring to it as "our house."
after i got home from the party, the kids were pretty wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, since they'd had a nap, so we all piled into the car and went to the video store and the grocery store. you'd think josh and i would've learned by now that late-night grocery store runs - whether the kids have napped or not - should be done by one parent, alone. for some reason, when we take our kids to the grocery store at night, they go nuts. tonight, micah was running up and down the aisles knocking stuff off the shelves, and rowan was kicking and screaming because we wouldn't put him down so he could run too. it was not pleasant. i spent the whole time making micah pick up whatever she'd knocked down and talking her ear off about being respectful to the other people in the store, and josh spent the whole time pushing the cart and dancing away from rowan's swift kicks to his groin area. sigh. and after all of that mess, we made it home without the main component to the dinner we'd planned, so we had to make something else. which was just as yummy, but still. i'm hoping i didn't burn up all my "daddy duty" currency with josh tonight, because tomorrow's my night to watch 24 at my dad's. : ) ah, i look forward to it all week!
josh and the kids had fun tonight, too; they strolled down to the park and played in their new play tent, teepee and tunnels that josh's sister, kelly, gave them for a late christmas present. they are super cool, and i can't wait to set them up in the backyard at our new house. i'll post a picture of them here soon; i've been so bad about posting pictures, lately...
FYI, we have found a house in west garland that we LOVE and want to rent, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that it's still available in march, when we'll have a deposit and everything. in the meantime, for positive visualization purposes, i am referring to it as "our house."
after i got home from the party, the kids were pretty wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, since they'd had a nap, so we all piled into the car and went to the video store and the grocery store. you'd think josh and i would've learned by now that late-night grocery store runs - whether the kids have napped or not - should be done by one parent, alone. for some reason, when we take our kids to the grocery store at night, they go nuts. tonight, micah was running up and down the aisles knocking stuff off the shelves, and rowan was kicking and screaming because we wouldn't put him down so he could run too. it was not pleasant. i spent the whole time making micah pick up whatever she'd knocked down and talking her ear off about being respectful to the other people in the store, and josh spent the whole time pushing the cart and dancing away from rowan's swift kicks to his groin area. sigh. and after all of that mess, we made it home without the main component to the dinner we'd planned, so we had to make something else. which was just as yummy, but still. i'm hoping i didn't burn up all my "daddy duty" currency with josh tonight, because tomorrow's my night to watch 24 at my dad's. : ) ah, i look forward to it all week!
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I hope I didn't burn my daddy duty either....monday is my night to go to a boot camp class at 24hour fitness....I look forward to it all week! we'll see! ; )
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