exhausted

We went out to dinner with our friends, Bill and Karla. They chose not to have kids. They just put up with ours now and then instead. We hunted down a bar/restaurant (with mostly elderly customers) that had Time Warner and went out to dinner to try to watch the Dodger game. Of course it was rained out that day. 

Sometimes we get a babysitter and go out to dinner without the girls. Sometimes we take them with us and are reminded of why we should always get a babysitter.

The baby was fussy so I had her on my lap while trying to entertain Mya with the restaurant crayons and carry on a conversation with Karla. Winter was bossing Bill around while Mya asked Karla endless questions. 

We finally got our food. That kept the girls busy for about a minute. Winter thought Karla could use a slice of lemon in her wine and quickly put one in before anyone could stop her. Meanwhile, Mya was offering her pieces of honeydew melon an inch away from her eyeball. I didn't even notice that the game was rained out or that all the old people were watching us, smiling. Dan was trying to have a conversation with Bill but rarely got a sentence out before telling Winter to sit down or get out from under the table. After the 5th trip to the potty, Dan sat down and said, "Is anyone else EXHAUSTED? I raised my hand.