Monday, March 22, 2004
Sophie had her first non-family babysitter yesterday while Sean and I went to lunch and a movie with K and her husband. The four of us hired a couple of certified teenage babysitters from a local family that has five of them to spare, set them up here at Cheezwerks HQ with both baby girls, various infant containment devices and a list of about 85 numbers to call in the event of an emergency, and departed for the glorious wonder that is a town with entertainment options. None of us mentioned being nervous or called to check in on the kids, but I noticed that K never let go of her cellphone while we were out.
We saw "Dawn of the Dead", and I think I can say with confidence that my viewing experience was not at all diminished by the fact that I could barely hear the movie.* Think abundant campy gore and you won't be disappointed. Willing suspension of disbelief disappears the moment the 9-months-pregnant character outruns zombies on her jeans-clad stick legs, so don't expect to have nightmares from this movie, except maybe those caused by the extremely lethal combination of the elderly, moving vehicles and chainsaws.
We made it back from the theater in record time (literally running stop signs, although I think it was unintentional on the part of our driver) and arrived to find everyone at home well-fed and happy. The babysitters were beaming so innocently when they announced that they didn't! even! have! to! change! anyone's! diaper! (meaning that neither of the babies was stinky) that we didn't have the heart to point out that 5 hours worth of pee is a tad much for a diaper. I'm told that Sophie was really playful and snuggly the whole time, which I would take as proof that she's fairly indiscriminate about who takes care of her, except that she ran and hugged me as soon as I walked in.
Verification of the special bond between mommy and baby, just $7.50 an hour!
*I ended up going to the hospital last night when I decided that going deaf from an untreated ear infection wasn't funny or ironic or bright. Mmm, Augmentin: it does a body good!
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