A night on the town.

Tonight for the first time in six and a half months we left the kids with a babysitter at our house. Rose E wasn't too sure about it at first and cried (which made it really hard to leave) but was eventually fine and Walter was pumped because he had a new playmate and got to watch cartoons. We went out to eat (it was such a strange feeling without any kids especially when it was time to order, we are so used to ordering kid friendly food to share) and then went to our first meeting about the home tour. Jeff wrote-up some information about the history of this home and how our garage was used as a horse livery at one time. Sometimes I wish I could look back in time and see the different families that have lived here and what the house looked like then. Anyway, we left the meeting feeling like hitting those antique stores full speed ahead.

Walter was Daddy's little sidekick again today. Jeff and his dad are looking at buying a ranger four wheeler, so Walter was thrilled to go with them to check them out this afternoon. He also helped Jeff rake. He loves feeling all grown up and just idolizes his Daddy. Today he noticed that his onesie tag has a picture of a baby on it and was just appalled. He said "mama me not a baby why there a baby on mine shirt?" I also figured out the mystery of why he said "me just want the snow to go into a cave" he was referring to the storm sewer street drains that the water has been flowing into as the snow melts. He is so observant!

Rose E did some more practicing at walking today. She absolutely loves her push toy that helps her walk and has been doing laps from our dining room to the kitchen. I had fun watching her wheels turn today as she played with a magnet on the refrigerator too. She would drive the little magnet truck to the edge of the fridge and then take it off, put it back on and start the whole process all over again. She idolizes her Daddy as well and has been saying "hi daddy" and "hi chessie." She also tried to say giraffe and sign banana today.