Our first anniversary will be celebrated with wild times had by babysitting Luke (5) and James (4). Brian is moderating a panel in Venice this weekend so he, Sam and Aletheia are spending a relaxing and much-deserved weekend there. Kyle and I picked up the boys Saturday at noon. After feeding them lunch we walked to a birthday party for a friend of theirs. The half-mile walk took a good hour with the many stops we had to make to throw rocks, not step on the cracks, and a comment on everything the boys saw. Although some parents were staying at the party, we decided it might just be a little too hard to explain why we were spending Saturday at the Children's Museum to celebrate our anniversary. Kyle and I tried to kill two hours while staying close by the museum, which brought back many memories of my parents just sitting in a car waiting for one party or another to get over while my sister and I were in high school.
Obviously being new at this parenting thing, Kyle and I tried to be nice by offering the boys two restaurant options to choose from for dinner. We should have known that they would each choose the opposite restaurant. The next mistake was when Kyle ordered James a real Coke for dinner. I at least knew that caffeine and sugar are never a good combination for kids, especially at night time.
Getting ready for bed took a good hour between reading stories, Kyle singing some Boy Scout camp songs and James talking to Kyle for 20 minutes while "trying" to go to the bathroom. There was only one water request once they had been tucked in. We later went upstairs to find that Luke had sneaked into his parents bed, but at least he was asleep, so we were happy.
Tomorrow we hope to go to church and then play at the park. Brian and Sam return around 7pm, so tomorrow we will really get to see what a full day of parenting is like!
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