My First Date in THREE YEARS!

My good friend offered to babysit my three children on Saturday. I was so happy because my children love her and she has a HUGE backyard where they can play like the crazy babies they are! Before we left, our youngest, who is 1, gave both my husband and I a hug. He KNEW we were leaving him, it was so sweet. I was thisclose to bringing him, but my husband I really needed this time alone.

My lovely friend and her daughter

Bad part is that I didn't properly plan anything, because my excitement for things such as this usually mean an automatic jinx. I only got excited after we dropped the kids off with her. Then I realized....what the hell are we going to do? We don't go anywhere around town without the kids. We usually go separately while the other watches the kids. I am spontaneous, so we eventually worked it out. All that mattered was that we were together. Cheesy Alert!

The ever so romantic Hard Rock Cafe. Food was bleh, but we had to stop somewhere!

We walked down the Hauptstrasse holding hands. We NEVER hold hands while we're out because we're always holding a child, pushing a stroller, running after someone. It was also nice to "catch-up", eat alone, eat ice cream without sharing haha, people watch and just be together. It's been three years since we were able to go out alone and although it was only a couple hours, we cherished every second!

Picture of us not taken by us

It was a great time and we promised to do it again at least once a month. The hardest part of living overseas is not having family around. I know if I were stateside, my parents or other family would happily watch our children. I was just not comfortable leaving my kids with anyone. When I was a single mother I knew a lot of people who babysat and I had my own personal sitter who would watch my son anytime I asked. But since having my daughter, I've never been comfortable, and after my baby was born, I gave up on the prospect of having a sitter until we moved/visited home. First of all I have three little people, and I worried that anyone else would not be able to handle them. Just reading and watching videos about abusive sitters and nannies prolonged my search. Luckily my friend is a mother of 4 and my children adore her and children. She's like a sister to me and I am so happy to know her. We also have another nanny for late nights. I am so happy. And once a month quality with the hubby will do so much for our marriage.

Some photos from the day:

It was a wonderful day out, but also nice to see our little ones who we love so much!