Our Night Out

Last Saturday, Don and I went out! On a date! Just the two of us! I know, totally amazing, huh? We thought so too!

We had watched some friends' boys a couple of weeks ago so they could go out and now it was their turn to watch our crew while we went out! The kids were just as excited to spend time

with their friends as we were to get out and enjoy some adult time.

We didn't really have an agenda but we headed into downtown Heidelberg which is very close by.

First we just walked around for a bit. It is such a charming city with tons of old architecture including the castle which is up over my head in this photo of me. And there was lots of window shopping too. I imagine that if I wasn't lugging three kids around with me I would probably venture downtown more often.

So, after a nice stroll we decided on a restaurant/ pub which was right on the main street in the old town. It was nice and quaint and offered lots of good German food with the menu choices in English (bonus!). Don chose a country platter that included lots of sausages and a dumpling and I decided on a pork steak and spaetzle (German noodles...yum!). It is hard to find bad food in Germany.

As we waited for our food we took note of the music playing softly. As some as you may know, Benjamin has become a HUGE fan of the song "Eye of the Tiger." Don had taught him the song lyrics a while back and showed him the video which includes several clips from the "Rocky" movies and it just really clicked with Benjamin. There is rarely a day that Benjamin does not sing this song. And now, of course, Samuel has picked it up as well and joins in when his brother is signing or bursts into song all on his own. Back to our night out... he were are, in the middle of downtown Heidelberg in a German restaurant and we hear none other than "Eye of the Tiger." We got a good laugh out of that as Don commented "We can't escape it!"

Overall, we had a great night out together and hope to enjoy more date nights again soon!