i spent 11 hours babysitting yesterday . . . among the best 11 hours i've ever had.
it all started at noon: we went to the park and played on the slide (fun) and the swings (not so fun) and ran around the field. then off we went to subway (gotta have my sweet onion chicken teriyaki once in a while!)* which was very likely the hottest building on the planet. well, maybe not. it occured to me to call on michelle, so - with a little help from 411 - i phoned her and invited myself over.
amazing discovery of the week: when you call 411 from a cellphone, they text message you the number! how cool is that?!?!
anyway, we went to michelle's. i hadn't seen her since angie's wedding in november, so it was wonderful to catch up on things. the basement where angie and i had lived looks SO different. wow. kids toys are all over the place . . . ok, not so different. :) we hung out for a while - i was so curious to see how aidan was with other kids. the answer, by the way, is that he mostly ignores them. we got back to the house around 3 and aidan went down for a 2.5 hour nap. then we played a bit around the house while we waited for our dinner to arrive from the kitchen of our nearby dominos. after eating the pineapple off his hawaiian pizza, aidan was done.
we went to the park again and played some more. then, around 7:30, we headed back to the house. after a little playing, changing into his sleeper, and hearing his bedtime music twice, aidan fell asleep around 8:15.
his parents got home at 10:45, so i had plenty of time to wonder why sarah and grissom haven't gotten it together yet, and remember that while john cusack may play hit-and-miss as far as movie choices are concerned (both "america's sweethearts" and "serendipity" were on yesterday), his cuteness makes his audience inevitably forgiving.
important lessons like those don't come every day, ladies and gentlement. cherish them.
oh, also. finished watching "fellowship of the ring" this morning, proceeded to watch "two towers". it's been a busy day.
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