date night

marianne and i had a date night tonight. i don't think we've had any serious quality one-on-one time since henry's arrival! we were long overdue. she is a tee bit OBSESSED with the lorax. her preschool's "curriculum" theme for march as been dr. seuss and then she got the lorax (that's "yore-lax" as marianne says it) book for her birthday from her great aunt penny. we've only read it about 10x a day since getting it. so when she woke up from nap today, i surprised her with the idea to go see the lorax movie on the big screen. she was SO excited to have me to herself. as we were walking into the theater she said "it's just momma and i going to see the movie. not daddy and henry. they stayed home!" she was skipping along, practically floating into the theater. the movie was really good. she was grinning ear to ear, scarfing down her popcorn and slurping her milk...completely entranced watching. afterwards she asked for ice cream...how could i deny her? so, we had a little dessert before our dinner. she insisted on licking it out of the bowl (should've gotten a cone). we grabbed some mac-n-cheese and pulled pork sammies on our way home—figured we should butter up daddy with his favorite bbq. marianne decided she wanted to try pickle juice. she took one sip, puckered, chugged down some milk, and went back for another drink! then pronounced, "i love it!!!"

a little one-on-one time with henry. i'm warning you, i make a complete fool of myself with the baby talk...just trying to get a smile or two. he was lighting up with smiles until i turned on the camera, then he just looks at me mostly like i'm crazy. but i am...crazy about his little chubby cheeks.