We got babysitters for the night for all of the kids (T. and K. and Dylan and Cameron) and took off to see Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s production of The Man in the Iron Mask. Chloe had to come with us, of course!
She fell asleep before the show started and I thought we were off to a good, calm start! But, she woke up just as soon as the play began!! She didn’t cry at all, but she was kind of gassy and, as a result, she was grunting and groaning a lot! So, I took her to the back and walked her up and down in the hopes that she would fall asleep.
The girl was so interested in all the hubbub up on stage — lights, strange voices, booming, sword fights, etc. — she managed to stay awake for the entire first half!! The upside was that she was out cold for the second half, despite booming, clapping, laughing, and all other manner of noise!
In the meantime, the big kids had Vallarta for dinner, presumably played well together, and were put to bed at about 9:30pm by our awesome babysitters. We came home to a quiet house (and, see, I now have time to write a post!). It’s late, but I’m so tempted to stay up just because it’s all peace and quiet and down time for me now! Tomorrow will be another day..and we’ll have T. and K. to up the energy levels in the house!
