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a night out with rosanne


when i was young and single, the last thing i ever really wanted to do was spend my free time with someone else's kid. maybe it was because i was a teacher and spent ALL DAY with a lot of somebody else's kids that i didnt want to extend it into my free time. so i find it so amusing when people say they would love to spend time with my kids. really? wow. and you mean we dont have to pay you to do it either?

so when rosanne said she would love to babysit mimi and take her to the mall to play and watch a movie, no arm twisting was needed. rosanne and eric arrived bring gifts for mimi and ozzy. ozzy got a thanksgiving onesie and a redskins jersery onesie. mimi got a book about being a big sister. she very nicely thanked rosanne for the book and she after telling her she loved the book, she then told her that she already had it. (i need to have a talk with her about admitting to stuff like that.)

after discussing safe to eat foods and epi-pen demo, transferring of the car seat and such, mimi was good to go! rob and eric went off to do their boys night out and rosanne and mimi went off to tysons and ozzy and i settled in for a quiet evening.

rosanne and mimi got home by 8:30 and mimi said she had a good time and the movie was really good. it was getting late, so i got her into bed to read stories before lights out. she was really tired and was yawning thru the third story and easily turned in for the evening when i turned the lights down. this evening was a piece of cake!

rosanne, i know you're reading this...please let me know when your next availability is. ;)

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