Sep 25
Everyone,
Why would anyone go on a date in the afternoon? Don’t most people go on dates in the evening? Isn’t that the best time to date? Not necessarily. Here are some benefits of dating in the afternoon.
1. Cheaper meals. Most places have the same thing for lunch and dinner, only their lunch menu is lighter in price. And in serving size!
2. Every thing is open. Want to go to the movies? Shopping? Bowling? All these things can often close earlier than you’d like (okay, not the movies) which limits your activities. Plus, movies are often cheaper during the day!
3. Sunlight. Like hiking? Horseback riding? Canoeing? All these things need daylight to do. Well, I SUPPOSE you could do these things in the dark but it wouldn’t be very smart.
4. Babysitter availability. Often babysitters are very booked on Friday and Saturday nights. Most teenagers have football games or parties themselves to go to. By going out on a Saturday, you can have your pick of babysitters!
5. Be out while the kids are up. I don’t know about you guys, but babysitting at my house in the evening is a breeze. I time it so the boys are down for bed, and Butterfly has only 20 minutes or so to be up. So really, the babysitter is just there to sit. But if we go out on Saturday afternoon, the babysitter has a chance to play with the kids, feed them lunch, help them clean up, etc. And the best part about it? I don’t have to do it. AND I can come home and enjoy a quiet clean house after the kids go to bed.
So the next time you are planning on a date with your significant other, I strongly suggest an afternoon date.
Safire
PS- Juice and I enjoyed one of these today. Nice lunch, nice book reading in quiet time, and nice soaking up the sun time. Very nice.
Safiredates, KitKat, lists dates
Aug 04
Everyone,
Today was our last adventure with Flower. And boy was it a hot one! It seems like we kept putting off all the stuff outside, and then never actually got to do any of it. Except for this one. And this one showed that that was the right decision.
Besides the humidity and the heat, Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia is an amazing place to go! We love to come here and come often. (Often being about 3 to 4 times a year.) Why do we keep coming back? It’s not the really good ice cream they have. It’s not the beautiful rose garden restaurant we like to eat in. It’s the history. And for me, it’s the fact that the Appalacian Trail runs right through town. It’s always been kind of a dream of mine to hike the whole thing. Right now, I’ll settle for walking part of the trail in town.
Flower had never been there. And it’s beautiful. See?
Lolli’s oldest daughter, KitKat, came along too. Flower and KitKat have been come good friends this time around (and actually KitKat spent the night last night so we could get an early start. Haha…the girls stayed up late and we got started the same time we always do. (10:30-ish)
This trip was not one of the best trips we’ve done. It was hot. And pushing and carrying our monster stroller around was brutal. I was dripping sweat from my elbows about half way through. We said next time we come in summer, we are going to bring swimming suits and swim in the Shenandoah river. About half the people we saw there today were in the river cooling off. And the current in the river was very mild. There were even several places where the rocks made small pools with no current at all!
Even though it was hot, and even though we didn’t see all I wished we would have seen for Flower, it is still an amazing town.
Safire
SafireFlower, Harper's Ferry, hiking, KitKat Harper's Ferry, hiking, hot, West Virginia
Feb 12
Everyone,
It’s that time of week again. Time for KitKat to come over. Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL day with highs in the 70′s. It seriously felt like spring. I had all the windows open until about 7pm at night (6pm for the boys room when they went to sleep) and we basked in the fresh air. Too bad it was really muddy out or we would have gone to spend time on our grass.
I do think it’s odd that it’s 70 in February.
Anyway, I was upstairs doing a diaper change and I hear Butterfly screaming downstairs, “It’s KitKat! It’s KitKat!” She was so excited to have her “special friend, only my friend, not yours Moothar” come and play. The boys napped weirdly yesterday due to the doctor visit (see post again, pictures!) so as soon as she got here, I put them down.
Butterfly is going to a few Valentine’s parties tomorrow so I needed some Valentines for all of her little friends. So I gave them tape, markers, scissors, and paper and a list of who to make them out to. They spent a good 45 minutes cutting and coloring and drawing. KitKat made some really cute sayings and Butterfly colored several for herself. Oh, and one for me and Juice and one for KitKat. So cute.
I was very good this week and talked to my mom for an hour while KitKat played with Butterfly. My mom and I normally talk on Thursday nights but I have a girls night out tonight and next week is book club. So we decided on during the day.
Of course, a ton of people called me while I was talking, the boys woke up and tried to eat the phone on numerous occasions, my nephew Cappy bit my mom a few times, but we talked. We made some definitive plans for their trip here in April and talked about the White House Easter Egg roll. You local gals, interested in going with us? We had a blast 2 years ago.
I felt like my time was well used, and KitKat’s too. I think I may like having a helper!
Safire
SafireKitKat, Valentine's Day, White House Easter Egg Roll
Feb 03
Everyone,
My friend Lolli is good enough to loan me her 12 year old KitKat for a few hours on Tuesdays. Between sickness, grandparent visiting, and other happenings, today was the first day we actually got together. Her school is literally a 5 minute walk from my house. She walks here after school, and Lolli picks her up around 4:30-ish.
I was so excited to have her come today! It was one of those days. You know, the kind of day I didn’t get out of my sweat pants and didn’t put on any make-up. I did exercise this morning and shower so at least I was clean. But that’s basically all I did beyond the whole kid thing. I had planned for pizza for dinner but forgot to start the crust this morning and I knew we wouldn’t eat until 7pm by the time I got to it.
Enter KitKat. Yay! Someone to play with Butterfly. Boy was she excited! I made the pizza crust (for tomorrow’s dinner) while Butterfly and KitKat had a funeral for a toy (don’t know where she got this but she built a little fence, had a processional, and buried the toy under a burp cloth in the fence…that was the burial place). Pirate doesn’t go anywhere and I held Professor for part of making it because he slipped and fell while crawling and needed Mommy. (Can I just say that is the funniest thing when they slip and fall while crawling?! Especially Professor…he makes it into more than it is. And I have no idea why that makes it adorable.)
Anyway, once the pizza crust was rising, I left KitKat with all the kids downstairs and I folded and put away two loads of laundry. But then, I wasn’t sure what to do. KitKat and I tried to have a few conversations but Butterfly informed her, “You are here to play with me. Play!” Miss Bossy. KitKat took it all in stride, though. She even went down our slide about 300 times with Butterfly. I can tell that Tuesdays are going to be Butterfly’s favorite day.
I do wonder what to do with myself while KitKat is here though. I mean, she’s here to help me. I suppose the best thing she can do is play with Butterfly. That girl has some serious play addiction. And it is nice to have her attention focused on someone else besides me. Any of you moms out there ever had a mother’s helper and what did you do?
Safire
SafireButterfly, KitKat, Lolli, mothers helper, Pirate, Professor
