Date Night

So, Jerry's sweet cousin Meredith emailed me last week to say that we needed a date because she wanted to come over and play with the kids. How can I say no to that?

So Jerry and I both decided we wanted Italian. The two restaurants that were close to our house and the theater were closed tonight...are you kidding me? So, we decided to hit Guido's and we could still get some pasta. It was so good, and they gave us a TON of spaghetti. I'm kind of a tough chick to please right now because I'm very limited on what I can eat. I decided (due to my anal-ness of teeth) that I would correct the 4 teeth that are slightly overlapping with braces. They were put on Friday, and I am slowly starting to get un-sore. Tonight's pasta was the first thing I've eaten comfortably (although I didn't really have to chew it). . .

So back to the date. We finished Guido's spaghetti (MaMa Z's or Joe's was sounding better) and headed to see the movie "The Hangover". We've heard great reviews from several sources, so we were very excited. Jerry was so excited because he heard that it was similar to Mark's bachelor party (. . . well mainly his friend Dan on that trip which was for Mark's bachelor party). So we get there....$8....for both of us! Seriously! We're going to have to go on Monday night dates more often! What you have to realize is that Jerry HATES to go to movies. He always says, "we can just wait 2 more months until it's released on DVD and then buy it to watch multiple times"--which we never do.

Jerry and I always laugh at ourselves at the movies because A) it reminds us of our dating during junior high, and B) we always pick movies that have 4 people in them. Tonight was one of those nights...Jerry and I were #5 and 6 in the theater tonight. Jerry's always a smart-booty and will sit for awhile when the credits roll and loudly say, "let's just wait out the crowd for awhile". How is it that in the past 2 years, we've seen probably 4 movies and watched them with a total of 12 people??? I'm not joking!

So the movie was funny, but not something I'd pay prime price for. It was more of a "renter" quality movie for us. Jerry said it was "Out Cold" meets "Dude, Where's my car?". I'm going to agree with him on this. Funny, but not "pay $8 per person to watch on a Friday night" funny.

It was so great to date my husband. Instead of loading babies into the car, he opened my door for me! I just love date night....I think we'll be doing this more (especially on $8/couple movie night!)

Thank you Meredith for watching our kids for us. I know they had a blast with you, and hopefully they didn't sucker you into too much crazy stuff!