Are we the only ones...

That go to Wal Mart for almost every date night? Here we can use the excuse that there really isn't much to do. But it's sad to say that we used to do it when we lived in the States too. Of course then most likely we would choose Target so we could get Starbucks and shop for clothes too. But really, is this common for other people too?

On Friday night some dear friends of ours offered to keep the boys for us OVER NIGHT! They have not spent a night without us since June. Before the big move we were blessed with the occasional over night break thanks to Grommy and Poppy. They even kept them over night for us two nights before we moved so we could run around and get stuff done. But June was several months ago I wasn't even sure they would last all night. Our friends have become lovingly know as Uncle J and Aunt J (not using there full name for privacy) to Kirby and Bennett. J & J have a teenage son, daughter and a nine year old son. That is an added bonus for the boys. So we got an extended date that lasted from after nap time (4:30ish) to after lunch the following day. They had a blast. No problems, they both handled it like big boys.

More importantly Stan and I had a good time together. Like I said we dropped them off around 4:30 and since we both had only had a bowl of cereal all day (the furniture was delivered so we were busy--pictures to come for WW) we were starving so decided for an early dinner. We went to one of our favorite places and ordered our favorite dishes and thoroughly enjoyed not having to share then with the boys. I know, I'm selfish. :) After dinner we took the short walk to WM for some shopping and walking around. Since we picked up a few movies (you can get VCDs for about 25 cents) we headed home for a movie complete with popcorn and dove chocolate (yes I know that isn't really good for FP but date nights shouldn't count for dieting). The next morning we got to sleep in. It was great. It had been a long time. We took the morning to Skype with Grommy and Poppy and set up our new office and enjoyed noodles for lunch.

We picked the boys up around 1:00 and they had a wonderful time. The only tears the whole time were from Bennett when it was bedtime and he didn't want to go to sleep because he was having so much fun. To top off this fabulous time for us all our friends offered to do this for us every few months! I have to say we will take them up on this. Since we can't really return the favor--I don't think an 18 year old needs us to keep him over night so his parents can go out--we have decided to pass it along to other families. I think we will take this extended invitation for our next night out on March 20, when we celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary.