Good Boys!

As most of you know, Peter, myself and the rest of our little family have been living at "home" for almost 2 years now (as a side note, we are planning on moving out in the next few months!) and we have had the unbelievable privilege to have a "in house" babysitter...also known as Abuelita (grandma in Spanish) Usually anytime we want to go out with friends, or just go to an event "kid free" we are able to without a problem! When it was just Rocco, and as long as someone was home, we would leave him in bed and head out the door care free. There are even some mornings where my mom would just say "go back to bed...i'll take the boys" Those are the most beautiful words a mother can hear! Especially when you have a newborn and then your other child decides to wake up at 6am! Tonight though, we did not have that luxury. We had been invited to a BBQ at a friends place and originally my mother had offered to babysit but something had come up and she was not able to be home in time. So, we decided to take the entire family. Peter and I were a bit nervous not knowing how they would behave, and to make matters a little worse, Enzo had a bit of a crying fit before we left and didn't finish a feed. For sure I thought this was going to be an early night! We got there, we ate, we laughed and even talked! It was wonderful! Of course there were moments when Rocco had to be entertained, but he made a new friend and played "cars" with him! He even sat on my lap for a while and read some of his books! Enzo was held by some people and then hung out in his bouncy chair the rest of the night! I was pleasantly surprised how well behaved our boys were and realized that it is very much do-able to take them with us wherever we go! And it is good experience for us and them to learn how to be in different environments. We did leave at 9pm b.c Rocco was having a meltdown b.c he wanted to go to the playground across the street, but I would have too if i was the only 2 year old there stuck with adults! :) and it was WAY past his bedtime!