We had a lovely Valentine's Day dinner. Nothing fancy, just a good Italian restaurant. Still, we were elated because Jeff found this day care center that has drop-in babysitting EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT!!!!!!! No more being at the mercy of teenagers who have to be booked 6 weeks in advance, then call you on Wednesday to say:
Babysitter: "Mrs. N, I'm so sorry but my Mom put my swim meet on the wrong date on the family calendar so I thought it was next Saturday but it is really this Saturday so I'm not free this Saturday night after all. "
Me: Oh, all right. Then can you babysit next Saturday night?
ex-Babysitter: Ummmm .... No...... I'm sorry........Ummmm.....I'm not free.
This drop-in place is the same price per hour as a babysitter, and they have lots of cool stuff to climb on. We dropped Mia off at 5, then hung around for a few minutes to make sure she'd be all right. She started playing and didn't even care when we said good-bye. When we returned at 8 p.m., Mia was off in a big room with about 15 other kids, listening attentively to a storyteller. Of course, when she saw us she started to cry as if cruelly abandoned, just like she does when we pick her up at the church nursery. The ladies reassured us she'd had a good time, which I don't doubt.
Pumpkinpalooza
15 years ago
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