Grown Up Time

Last night Chris and I went out on a date for the first time in...oh...a long time. Anyone with young kids can attest to how difficult getting out alone with your spouse can be. It's easy to simply allow that kind of thing to slide, and not make it a priority in your relationship. This is something that Chris and I are committed to working on...so...last night, we went out on a date. :)

We went to dinner at a great restaurant that serves free-range meat, and as much local, organic fare as possible. We'd never eaten there before, and the food was delicious. The best part, better even than the food, was being able to sit and have an entire conversation, from beginning to end, without interruption. I'd made the "no kid talk" rule at the beginning of the evening, so we spent the meal discussing the food, my writing, Chris' school...anything and everything that popped up. It was so refreshing to just feel like a regular grown up, and not someone who'd spent the whole day cleaning up Playmobil, dishing out time outs, and wiping bums.

After dinner we went to see a movie. It was so nice to just sit there and get lost in the story, and laugh and hold hands and whisper little things to each other now and again. It was nice to just be a regular couple, not mommy and daddy. I'd really honestly forgotten what it was like to feel that way...to feel..."normal"...for lack of a better word. It was so refreshing.

The evening ended with us crawling into bed, exhausted, because we were up past our bedtimes. Molly was already in our bed, sleeping. I have to admit, after spending the evening as just "Chris and Kelly", it was actually kind of nice to be "Mommy and Daddy" again.