Today has been one of the most fun birthday dates I can remember. For a lot of reasons!
Brady came home nice and early from work and we got ready for the evening. Jerilee came out to watch Dekker for us, and came a bit early as well so we could show her the ropes of cloth diapering him. I felt guilty about that, since Dekker hadn’t pooped yet and I knew she’d have to come a lot closer to touching it than she normally would, but she was such a good sport about it. Thanks again friend!
We left shortly before 5:00 and drove to the river for hotdogs and milkshakes. I got over the fact that we could get super delicious hotdogs at Costco and milkshakes at McDonalds for half the price and opted to enjoy the experience instead. Totally worth it.
Yum. After hotdogs and milkshakes we headed over to the bit tent by the Mendel Art Gallery for a production of “The Comedy of Errors” put on by Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. And a fudgesicle.
It was by far the funniest performance I’ve seen by this company before, and the audience was really into it as well! We had third row seats in the centre section, and actually had a cast member come running down our row during a scene. It was fun to be so close to the action. The very end of the play was ridiculously hilarious and summed everything up well, with twin brothers running off stage arm in arm singing the Indiana Jones theme. It was perfect.
We intentionally parked a little ways away so it was easy to avoid the crowds and we got out right away. We opened the sunroof and babbled on and on about how great the play was while we drove to Starbucks to satisfy my desire for Passion Tea Lemonade. Also, knowing Jerilee would never let us pay her for watching Dekker, we wanted to pick her up a Starbucks gift card as well. But our closest Starbucks was closed. So we ventured a little ways back into Saskatoon and picked up our drinks and card and headed home.
While driving home, Jerilee texted me and informed us that someone was lighting our hornets nest on fire. Brady and I basically died laughing over the next half hour. A concerned neighbour decided to torch our hornets nest to bits in an effort to help us out, despite his really severe allergy to all stings. It was just funny to hear it being described, considering he was in a motorcycle helmet in the dark of night with a torch. It didn’t help that the event took place right next to her car. Quite an ordeal, but its super nice to have the nest gone.
Yup, I don’t miss that. You know how big Bradys head is? This thing was bigger.
We’re all cuddled up now, comfy and ready to watch some How I Met Your Mother, and maybe have a snack before bed. I had such a nice evening. Date nights are so special, and so important! I feel very blessed to have a husband that plans an outing, and a friend who was more than willing to play with my son, feed him, change his poops, put him to bed, and then just kill time while the masked man lit fires around the property. You guys are the best!
This night was the best.