We've spent this last weekend with the in-laws in Grantham. It has been the site of a momentous stage in our post-baby relationship; the first date.
Yes, at two months and two days old, we left Olivia with her Grandma and Grandpa and headed off into the real world without her. We planned to catch a movie and then have a meal. Perhaps, the wrong way round, but that was how the timings worked out (and we were aware from our blogfriends, The Bradsteins, that first dates do not always go without a hitch). With their experience in mind, we were careful to ensure that we checked the time of the movie carefully! K___'s mum and dad only live three minute's walk from the cinema, we didn't actually leave the house until the programme had got underway. We were able to cope with the idea of not seeing some adverts, for some reason.
Our choice of flick was Hot Fuzz, a peculiarly British take on the US cop buddy movie, replete with hundreds of pastiches of the genre. We certainly enjoyed it, and I'm sure it will be a DVD purchase at some point. Some of the cartoony violence had the entire audience screaming with a mixture of disgust and laughter, and the trans location of US/John Woo-style gun play in a tranquil English village made for some amusing scenes.
Upon leaving we made our way to the Chinese restaurant at the top of K___'s parent's road. Before the cinema, K___ had suggested that we could get a take-out and take it back home, but we agreed to see how we felt at the time. We felt okay. Part of this was undoubtedly the fact that we were a mere couple of minutes from where Olivia was. I think it's fair to say that I was less bothered about being away for a few hours than K___ was, and undoubtedly this is because I'm so used to going to and being at work for eleven hours a day, five days a week. K___ was a bit more apprehensive; the only times she's had away from Olivia have been when I've taken her off to see my parents for a few hours. Whilst neither of us worried that she'd come to any harm in Grandma's capable hands, it's just that thing of neither of us being with her.
Nevertheless, we had an excellent sit-down meal in the restaurant (top tip: five spice tofu - yum!) and enjoyed having some time as a couple rather than as Mummy and Daddy. An hour later, we walked back to K___'s parents. Olivia's nappy needed changing.
We'd been gone a little over three hours. We really must do it again.
Yes, at two months and two days old, we left Olivia with her Grandma and Grandpa and headed off into the real world without her. We planned to catch a movie and then have a meal. Perhaps, the wrong way round, but that was how the timings worked out (and we were aware from our blogfriends, The Bradsteins, that first dates do not always go without a hitch). With their experience in mind, we were careful to ensure that we checked the time of the movie carefully! K___'s mum and dad only live three minute's walk from the cinema, we didn't actually leave the house until the programme had got underway. We were able to cope with the idea of not seeing some adverts, for some reason.
Our choice of flick was Hot Fuzz, a peculiarly British take on the US cop buddy movie, replete with hundreds of pastiches of the genre. We certainly enjoyed it, and I'm sure it will be a DVD purchase at some point. Some of the cartoony violence had the entire audience screaming with a mixture of disgust and laughter, and the trans location of US/John Woo-style gun play in a tranquil English village made for some amusing scenes.
Upon leaving we made our way to the Chinese restaurant at the top of K___'s parent's road. Before the cinema, K___ had suggested that we could get a take-out and take it back home, but we agreed to see how we felt at the time. We felt okay. Part of this was undoubtedly the fact that we were a mere couple of minutes from where Olivia was. I think it's fair to say that I was less bothered about being away for a few hours than K___ was, and undoubtedly this is because I'm so used to going to and being at work for eleven hours a day, five days a week. K___ was a bit more apprehensive; the only times she's had away from Olivia have been when I've taken her off to see my parents for a few hours. Whilst neither of us worried that she'd come to any harm in Grandma's capable hands, it's just that thing of neither of us being with her.
Nevertheless, we had an excellent sit-down meal in the restaurant (top tip: five spice tofu - yum!) and enjoyed having some time as a couple rather than as Mummy and Daddy. An hour later, we walked back to K___'s parents. Olivia's nappy needed changing.
We'd been gone a little over three hours. We really must do it again.
Glad to hear that your baby-free adventure went better than ours. Sounds like a great time was had by all. With Grammy visiting 3B, we got out to a movie ourselves this weekend--and this time we actually made it to the movie. As we had friends over for brunch on Sunday, I've yet to write about it. Even though we had Chinese take-out last night (our top tip: sesame tofu), I swear that we're not copying you. Really.
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