This month we hit the start of a milestone year...the year where we will have a 2 year old, an 11 year old, and an "official" Teenager...13!
I'll be honest, I'm a little bit intimidated by the the layers of parenting this brood.
We are now juggling tantrums, school projects, school activities, boys looming on the horizon, and the never ending driving to this event and that event.
I will admit though it has it perks. We have a built in babysitter(if her schedule allows) case in point last night.
Yesterday and every Friday my class at school is very CRAZY! We have 8 very loud boys in the class and they are very crazy and by Friday it's brace yourself, and hold on for dear life! It was extra crazy yesterday. And I was kidded out...literally.
So Dan and I talk frequently as we drive home for work and I suggested that I could use a night off this weekend if Janea was game to watch the boys...he had had a very busy week as well and was also in need of some spouse time so he volunteered to get her from Drama practice and then informed her of the plan.
I had enough Papa Johns' reward points for a free pizza! The kids love pizza so that was their dinner...I just payed for extra cheese sticks on the side. Dinner for them, under 10 bucks!
Dan and I enjoyed a nice meal out without the kids. It was nice to talk and chat in the car, to enjoy a meal with no real interruptions and me not having to think about cooking something!
An hour and a half off. It was nice, it was really nice and it basically cost us very little for babysitting...a pizza dinner and new ear buds for Janea.
I'm very appreciative of a daughter who is willing to babysit and allow us as parents some much needed time off as a thank you for all we do for her!
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