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B and I have not had a date night in quite some time. We both took the day off work so we could have a date day without the added expense of a babysitter. We dropped the girls off at daycare and our first stop was the bowling alley - at 9 am. No one goes bowling at 9 am! We had the entire place to ourselves. Although B was out bowling me the entire time we made a bet on the very last frame - whoever got the lowest score on the frame had bath duty for the girls that night. Wouldn't you know it - I won!!! I may have lost both games and I don't even mind giving the girls a bath, but B hates bath time and I always like to win a bet! (The girls are very naughty and get him soaking wet when he gives them a bath - another bonus for me in this win!).

According to B, this is what it would be like to have our own bowling alley in our house....

We went to Kohls and to Costco and got some major shopping done. This may not sound like a blast, but we haven't run errands without two little girls in a very long time. We then grabbed lunch at Village Tavern at Flatirons. Delicious! It was a very grown up meal and we enjoyed every minute of it. Next stop, the movie theatre to see Couples Retreat. Our original plan was to see Law Abiding Citizen, but we wanted to see a comedy and that was the next one available. After a busy day out and about we went to pick up the girls and spend a quiet evening at home. I'm very glad we took this time for ourselves and for each other.

"Look what I found?"

Our lil' pumpkins
Gwyneth helping me with the laundryA Halloween package arrived from Poppy and Melissa. Gwyneth had so much fun pulling everything out of the box. Thanks for all the treats and sweet Halloween outfits. The girls received new magic wonder markers and coloring books. They love them! Gwyneth is so cute - she loves take the cap on and off the markers. Since we've had some recent crayon mishaps (on baby's faces, on our fireplace, on our furniture, etc) these are the only colors not band in our house!