Adventures in babysitting, and a long-time-coming night on the town!

We achieved a new plane of freedom last night—we left the kids with "sitters". Yes, yes, Wally Ben is 3 years old, so this has been a long time coming. But, he was a notoriously angry little fellow as a baby and toddler when left with anyone other than grandparents. He cried for entire hours in the nursery at church. He would be returned to us, red-faced, doing that post-cry 3-tiered sigh that…