I got your attention didn't I?
We had a HIGHLY eventful weekend. We had little Jonah at our house over the weekend while his parents were out of town. He came over on Thursday morning and was scheduled to stay until Saturday night. We went to the park, and the local arboretum, and had a great time. It is a little strange to take care of a child at a different age than Lulu- especially since I have totally forgotten what each stage entails. Strange- no?
My girlfriend offered to watch both Lulu and Jonah for a couple of hours on Saturday. Adam and I returned a couple of things, had a nice little lunch, FINALLY bought my Valentine's gift at Crate and Barrel and enjoyed the time together. It has been a long time since we have spent an afternoon together. When I was working we went to lunch fairly regularly, but have fallen out of the habit.
We had Stake Conference this weekend so I offered to babysit for the adult session because I wasn't going to be able to go. Maren and Sam came to play and they had a great time. The kids tried to play with the train, but were unhappy when Jonah kept knocking over the VERY LONG bridge. I tried to explain to them that he was a little younger and didn't mean to knock it over and that because they were a little older they needed to be patient with him. Sam let me know that he would love to play with Jonah when he got a little older, they could play trains. It was really sweet.
We got a phone call from Jonah's mom and dad that their flight was cancelled and they would not be able to fly in until Sunday morning. A couple of hours later they called and said they were stuck and wouldn't make it until Sunday night. Great- no big deal. The only issue- we would have to take both kiddos to Stake Conference- YIKES.
We made it to Stake Conference and the kids did GREAT. I was so happy they were good. We got home for lunch and got a call that Jonah's mom and dad were stranded and would not be making it back until Monday morning. What a freaking nightmare. It was just a bad situation all around, but it all worked out and this morning they picked up the little guy. I think he was glad to go home and out of this nut house. Although it was a little longer than we planned, it actually was okay and I was glad that they didn't have to worry about the little guy.
I'll be busy planning our ward activity this week. We are having an ADULT ONLY ice cream social. Yeah- I got some serious flak (sp?) over that little one, but I really think it is important to have activities just for adults. I know it is a babysitting nightmare, but really- I gave everyone 3 weeks to make arrangements, so I don't feel that bad.
Would you be annoyed if there was an adult only activity?
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6 comments:
What a crazy weekend. Life with two is a little crazy, you are such a great friend.
I love adult only parties. One thing our ward did a while ago was they asked the young women to come and babysit in the nursery. It is a nightmare, but you like you said it is important to have date nights (every prophet has said it). I hope it goes well.
That was sweet of you to take care of your friends' little boy for so long. They must have been freaking out about putting all that extra time on you.
I wouldn't mind having an adult-only ward activity, I think they're more fun.
You're a champ! An extra little one for a week can be a challenge. Adult only party--sounds great to me. I would love to go to a party put on by you!
At most ward activities, we set the pack-n-play up in some remote classroom and let our kid sleep sleep sleep. It's only awkward when someone takes the mic and announces, "there's a screaming baby in room 16."
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE an adult only activity. All of our ward events are focused on the kids, and after being in primary-- I have had just about enough of other people's kids. The kiddos even come to enrichment-- fortunately there are priesthood babysitters, but still. It will never happen though-- the babysitting situation in non-existent. Someone has suggesting asking the singles ward to babysit the kids, but I don't think that would fly.
I am jealous of your adult-only party-- I hope you have a blast.
I love adult only activities! We just had one near valentines at our church---a really nice semi formal dinner with entertainment. Very classy- even with china dinnerware. The only thing that I would advise is not not involve the YW in the activity. Our ward asked our youth to serve so it basically left no babysitters to choose from. Bad mistake! Good luck with the activity!
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