About a year ago, Keely decided she was going to attend a gymnastics class. This was news to me, but when she decides that she wants to do something, I have no choice but to concede or else she will keep bugging me about it. Persistence is a strong suit for her, no doubt. So I set out to find her a gymnastics class and settled on The Little Gym. She attended a gym class on Saturday mornings for the rest of their winter semester and really liked it. What I didn't like was the fee for the class so I didn't sign her up again. However, the initial membership I paid for lasted for a whole year and will end next month.
The unintended consequence of this gym membership was Parents' Survival Night. One Friday night a month, they babysit for your kids from 6-10 PM. The cost is reasonable ($30 for 2 kids) and they let the kids play in the gym, feed them pizza, do art projects and watch a movie. My kids love it and we've taken advantage of it a few times. Last night was one such night. I dropped the kids off about 6 PM and picked James up from the bus stop. We enjoyed a lovely dinner at an Italian restaurant, complete with a very lovely glass of wine for me :) Then we went over to Target and browsed the toys and books section and it was very nice to do that child-free. It's so nice to have alone time with James. We don't even talk that much about the kids, but more about higher life philosophies and big picture things. It's a break in the monotony and gives us a glimpse back into our pre-child days. We had a really nice evening, and the kids had such a fun time that they didn't want to come home when we picked them up. Me thinks I may have to sign up for another year membership at TLG just so we can take advantage of more!
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