So when my mom this week said that they wanted to watch the kids on Friday night and us not pick them up til noon the next day... I said sure! She said that she wanted to be supportive of mine and Matt's marriage and knows that date nights are so important. I appreciate and love that she said this and WANTED to watch my kids for that long.
As many of you know, raising children can become a job. You and your spouse work together and get babies fed, bathed and put to bed at night. And by the time everyone goes to bed it is a little after 8, which doesn't leave much parent time. Matt and I alternate who goes to the gym and don't get home til after 9. So it doesn't leave us much time to do anything but talk about the important day to day things.
Of course on our date nights, we mostly talk about the kids. How fast they are growing up, funny stories about what they did and how proud we are of how they are turning out. But we also talk about our hopes and dreams for our family. Things that we want to accomplish and achieve. All of which is done over a glass of wine and a nice beer ;)
I truly love and adore my children, but am I allowed to say that I enjoy time away from them?! I think it is good for our marriage, which in turn is good for our family. So I want to say a special thank you to my Mom, Dad, Cindy, Mike, Memaw, Papa and Marty. This is my crew and without them, I have no clue how we would survive.
