First sitter/Date night!

We were invited to our friends house for a Japanese dinner. We were told that Flower was welcome because they knew we hadn't left her with a sitter yet, but all the other kids wouldn't be there. We decided since we'd been home for 6 months, it was time. We know that so many want to spend time with her so we decided whoever answered their phone first would be the one who has the honors of being the first sitter. First we called KG's parents on their home and cell phone. No answer. Then we tried my parents home. No answer. Next was my sister. She answered and was ecstatic. I think it was harder on me. When we dropped her off and went to leave, Flower looked as though she was going to cry so my sister held her but I wanted to cry.

Here we are pulling up to my sisters, then walking her in the house, then saying good-bye.
I was turning over my trust for the first time!

We moseyed on over to our friends house and had a fabulous time. The food was great but I have to say, the company was better! They had invited another gal that we'd never met before and she was awesome. She is one of those kind of people that you immediately feel comfortable around. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. (actually, that's not true. Chris and Brad from work had me laughing so hard at the office earlier that day that my asthmatic lungs gave my boss reason for concern.) Anyhow, that made it even more fun that night because my lungs were already worn out so I sounded like a damn hyena. Oh well. We played killer bunnies and just had a great time! It's a good sign when you leave an event with a headache caused by laughter from all the blood trapped in your head right?

I called my sister once throughout the evening to check on Flower and my sister had a great story. She had taken her two kids and Flower to the park. When they returned she put Flower on the potty since she had undies on. She didn't go. My sister then starts making dinner and Flower comes in about 10 minutes later and says, "candy?" My sister says, "Do you need to go potty? You only get candy for going potty." "pee and poopoo!!", says Flower. So my sister runs her into the bathroom to discover some business already in the toilet that her kids were not claiming. She pulls down Flowers pants and undies and sure enough, it was Flower! She had climbed up there, done her business, climbed down(how she managed to not smear it all over the toilet I will never know!), pulled up her undies and pants and went to demand her reward! I am so proud of her! She's never done that for us! My poor sister on the other hand had to get her in the tub. When Flower pulled up her undies, it clung on and smeared it up her back. Lovely! I haven't even had to deal with that! Meanwhile, the dinner that my sister had begun to prepare was now burnt. Sisters are great aren't they?! :) Anyhow, she did great over there although she did ask where mommy and daddy were several times! :) I'm glad she didn't cry but she did miss us and was so excited when we walked through the door to pick her up.
So we all made it through this little milestone! Thanks Sandee and our friends for helping us out!