Tonight, Jamie went to see The Hunger Games with our good friend Lauren from PUCC, leaving me alone with two little almost-six-month-olds (read: plug for forthcoming blog post). Of course Jamie deserves a night out, and the three of us were happy to let her have it and do our own thing. Well, really do my own thing, because they don't get to make their own choices yet.
We had to run a couple errands at the mall. I know, the mall on Friday night with a double stroller... I had to get pants taken in, though (always a good thing), and I had to get a new shirt for Easter, so we had to go.
We started at Men's Wearhouse for the pants and everything went really smoothly until the end, when it was time to eat. We had to leave, eat bottles, and come back so that I could get measured for the tux for Jonas and Erin's wedding (just in the nick of time!). Then, what basically happened was that all hell broke loose! We were full but we needed to be changed, we couldn't keep our pacifiers in, and the shoes HAD to go, as well as the straps on our seats being no good! Luckily, the nice lady let us sequester ourselves in a changing room and take care of all these needs. Thank the Lord for accomodating strangers!
Then, I was allowed to have a fairly uneventful sandwich from Chik-fil-A in the food court (diet starts Monday, or those pants might have to come right back out...).
Finally, we went and bought a shirt. However, during the shopping we had to leave the store to calm down before finally giving in and going to sleep. Phhhhheeeewwwww was that ever a relief!
Anyway, while we were at Express, I saw the BEST thing of the whole evening - another dad, by himself, with a full double stroller! I felt vindicated from feeling like a total freak. Although our good friend at Men's Wearhouse repeatedly told me I was SUCH a good dad, I got a lot of funny looks and commentary. I guess you don't see a lot of dads out and about with two infants by themselves - what, like it's hard or something?
That's a facetious question - it's very hard...I'm exhausted.
The second half of our date night consisted of Lowe's and Home Depot, where we were pricing some supplies for a backyard remodel we're considering. They didn't have all the plants we were looking for, so it was only partially successful. Sad.
We rounded out the night with an ice cream cone from McDonald's and screaming in the backset because we were ready to be changed.
We rushed home, took care of that, and now everyone under the age of thirty are in bouncers, getting ready to eat their last bottle of the day.
What a fun date we had, even though we don't have any pics to show.
