Date Day for Mom and Dad

This past weekend, my husband and I went on a date. An actual get dressed up, just the two of us, date. Last month was my birthday and husband bought me tickets to "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" on Broadway.  He picked this weekend because my in-laws are in town to stay with the boys.

Waiting for our train to head into the city

We very rarely go out, just the two of us.  Actually, that's not true.  We NEVER go out just the two of us, I can't even remember the last time we did.  We both work a lot and hardly see the kids at all during the week.  I see them in the morning before school or camp, and my husband sees them for a few hours after school.  So, we make the weekends all about the kids.  We just love being together and we want to spend as much time with them while they still want to spend time with us!

We saw "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"on Broadway

Because Jason has to be to work at 4:00 in the morning, it was a day date.  We went to a matinee. We were gone for several hours in the afternoon and evening on Sunday.  When we told Nathan we were leaving he was fine, but Drew gave me a really hard time.  He climbed into my lap and started crying and asked me to not go.  I had been gone the entire day before too.  On Saturday, I did the kids' back to school shopping then went to dinner at my parents' house to visit my aunt, uncle and cousin who were in town.  I had left the kids at home, because Jason's parents also flew in Saturday morning from Florida, and Nathan and Drew wanted to see them.  Drew complained that he didn't get to see me all weekend- he knows how to make me feel guilty!  I told him I was sorry, and that I would be back soon and we would be able to watch some TV together before bed.

I am so lucky that my family loves to spend time together.  I am thankful that Jason is such a good dad and loves spending time with our boys as much as I do, and that they like spending time with us.  But it was really nice to have some alone time with my husband.  We really should do that more often.