Our last night

 

Paul and I went out on a date this afternoon. It's quite amazing that we went on a date two months in a row considering we went more than a year between the previous two dates. This was our anniversary celebration. I suggested we have dinner at either Cracker Barrel, Friendly's, or TGIF, and Paul picked TGIF as he likes their steaks. I had a coupon for one free meal there. Before we went to dinner we did some shopping. Our first stop was Sleepy's. Ever since April 2012 when I slept for 4 weeks on a Tempurpedic mattress at the Ronald McDonald House in Hershey, I have wanted to get a new mattress. I bought our current mattress in January 2001. The first several years I thought it was a nice mattress. It wasn't until I was pregnant that I started having trouble sleeping on it. For the last year I have been waking up in pain part way through the night, every single night. My lower back has not been happy with this mattress. We bought a Tempurpedic mattress today, and it's supposed to be delivered tomorrow. YAY! They were having a promotion where you would get one free Tempurpedic twin size mattress. We're eventually going to need to buy another bed (when Oliver gets promoted from his crib) so we'll already have a third twin mattress. Tonight is our last night on the mattress we used for the first twelve years of our marriage. That mattress has been doused with amniotic fluid twice (water broke while I was sleeping when pregnant with Nadia and Ian) and with blood once (with Oliver). There are many reasons that it's time to get a new mattress. Hopefully we will both sleep really well on this one for many years to come, as it was not cheap! I feel confident my back is going to be ever so grateful, and if per chance this FET does result in another pregnancy, I should be sleeping a lot better than I did during the last three pregnancies!

We also stopped at a few other stores to buy a few odds and ends like new underwear for the kids. It was great to have a few hours of one-on-one time with Paul, but I did mention to him that it's been a few years since he and I went on a really special date. Shopping and dinner is certainly better than no date at all, but I told him I'd like us to plan something to do in the next four months that would be more special. Years ago we used to do things like go ballroom dancing, see a Broadway show, go to a dinner theatre, etc. The last big outing we took as a couple was to spend a day in NYC 4 years ago when I was pregnant with Ian.

Nadia was very excited this morning because she was going to a new Sunday School class. For the past 3 1/2 years (since before she turned two) she's been in the preschool class. Today she joined the K-2nd grade class. I was concerned that Ian would be upset that she wasn't going to be with him as that has been an issue with him attending Wee Worship by himself, but he did fine. I decided to post Nadia's "Kindergarten" picture today on FB. The last few years I've noticed how many parents post a picture on FB of each child on his/her first day of school, and some do the same at the end of the school year as well for the last day of school. With homeschooling it's harder to say what is the "first" day especially as in PA you don't have to file paperwork and be an official homeschooler until your child is eight years old. We started Kindergarten a few months ago if you go by when she started working through Kindergarten textbooks. Since she was so excited about starting the new SS class today. I decided to take her Kindergarten picture today. Most of the school districts around here started last week or will be starting this week so it seemed like a good time as any to take her start of Kindergarten picture.