A little "US" Time

     Time for "US"? I'm not even sure what that is. Its been a long time since we've been out alone together.  It was New Years I think and even that was just a quick dinner out and back before the kids even missed us.  We have 2 dates in 2 days planned. I can't even believe it.  Do you know how excited I am? If you have small children then I know you do.

    Tonight, we are going out for dinner, alone. We are going to eat with big people forks, plates without cartoons and cups without lids.  No one will smear food on my clothes, eat my food before I get to taste it or throw a tantrum.  I will get to eat steak and have a conversation that doesn't include body parts or functions. We are going to a local place Nikos, that is offering an awesome date night package for grownups.  They don't offer happy meals with toys or treasure boxes for good kids who eat their dinner, a real grown up dinner. After we will be heading out to our beloved local theatre (the one we used to live at and be so incredibly involved with) to watch Arsenic and Old Lace.  I can't wait because we haven't been back to Theatre Tillsonburg since we moved in October and well I kind of missed
 it. A dinner and a show, what more could I want.  Nothing, I am looking forward to an evening with the man I love. We will hold hands, kiss and laugh. 

     Friday, luck us get to go out again, this time to see a band and have some drinks. I will stay up past 10 o'clock by choice and not because I'm being held hostage in a dark nursery with a baby who refuses to sleep.  We will enjoy an adult beverage or two and its going to taste so good. I'm just so darn excited.

     Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my kids and I LOVE spending every waking second of day with them but it will be nice to have Mike all to myself.  The only time we get so see each other is over a messy meal time, playing Lego on the floor or bedtime (the kids not ours, I don't sleep remember).  It will be so great to sit, talk and enjoy each others company and remember why we choose the crazy life we have.  I am pretty sure I don't need a reminder....We are crazy about each other!