Night Time Social Life With a Child

Here he is wreaking havoc on the couch at one of Mike's Department parties.

Our social lives changed once the Bear entered our lives. We are not the most social people to begin with but we are even less social with the wee one. When we do venture out with him it's usually not as much fun for one of us (hint: me) because one of us is always wrangling the Bear...and they are usually at Mike's work events with his colleagues so it only makes sense that most of the wrangling falls on me. (Mike does step in and give me a break.) Plus, the Bear's bedtime is 7:30pm and these night events usually go past that so he gets extra squirrelly.

Here he is at one of Mike's art shows. You can see 4 of Mike's pieces on the white wall to the left.

We took him to the faculty art show and right before we left the Bear grabbed a piece of wood from an art installation and ran across the gallery. I chased him and he flopped on the floor. He was giggling the entire time. No children or artworks were harmed in the process:

So, we don't go out much anymore. I did find a trustworthy babysitter...we haven't used her yet, but look forward to it!