I wasn’t expecting to go out last night, so getting to go on a Valentine’s date was a fun surprise! For some reason, our new nanny (who is cute and young and I’m sure has better things to do on a Friday night, much less on Valentine’s Day) said she was happy to watch the boys last night. This is even more impressive given the fact that her last visit culminated in one of Jack’s epic meltdowns – the kind that reminds me, ‘oh right, my sweet boy may be making amazing progress, but he still does, in fact, have Autism. He still struggles with changes to his routine – ya know, like having a new nanny (even an extremely competent, kind, and patient one who he likes a lot), and he can only cope with so much at any given time. Anyway, when the meltdowns happen, they are traumatic for everyone involved, and I would not have blamed her one little bit if she wanted to call it quits after that. I was thrilled, however, to hear that she was undaunted by the incident, and was still planning to come last night. Thankfully, for everyone’s sake, the boys went to be early, and all was quiet on the home front. Josh & I got to go out on the town and enjoy a respite from the chaos and some much needed grown-up time (not to mention some darn tasty gin & tonics).
Date night was a good excuse to wear my new dress 😉 You can see the outfit post here: {My Style} Bird Print Dress & Red Heels.
The boys and I worked on Valentine’s for their class parties, which was fun. The sugar-induced mania that was the result of said parties was less fun. Sadly, Olly doesn’t seem to tolerate sugar much better than I do. He turns into a hyper little maniac, and then when the rush wears off, he crashes hard.
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