Okay, well that was like a gazillion years ago. But this is our real first date since having three kids. And since we have our friend's car, it was a special treat (AC!!!). We decided we would brave our helper putting all three kids to bed. We used to do date nights during dinner and come back in time to put them to bed. But with Tobin in the mix, the best time is right after his 5th feeding of the day, between 6:30-7:00, then we stay out really until whenever. This time we came back by 8:45. The girls did pretty good, they were at least asleep by the time we got home. I wrote Sophia a list of three things to do before bed, that I knew she could read (and we read it together before leaving): Pee Pee, Teeth, God. Of course that means: go potty, brush your teeth, and pray. .
We drove out to the countryside at the base of some mountains, and enjoyed the AC, and then turned around and drove back to town. Despite all the construction going on in our town it remains a very beautiful place to live. And with rice just being planted the fields are an indescribable green. We did a lot of talking about parenting, about my Grandma and her situation, about family life, and various articles, Bible passages we had been reading lately, etc. it was a great 'first' date. We hope to start doing this regularly again.
