June 9, 2007

Today was very eventful! We got up and went to Rheinpark, which is a mall that is only a 15 minute bus ride away! We bought some light fixtures and some curtains. It was a lot of fun. We also bought a hiking map for our area. We looked at cell phones, but still haven't purchased one. That will be next on our list. After the mall, we went home, relaxed for a bit and then got ready for our big night out! Our babysitter got here at around 6, we gave her directions and talked to her for a bit. She was really nice and we were both really comfortable with her. We left and the whole time we were walking to the restaurant, we were talking about her and how she was doing with Reed and what if he was crying for us.... then we got to the restaurant, got a beer and got over it. We had a nice long 2 1/2 hour dinner, had dessert and talked some more. We went to our favorite restaurant, Lowen. It's a German restaurant and we've eaten there several times and have never had a meal we didn't like. We were going to order a bottle of wine and then realized that it's pretty expensive, so we had beer instead. We still got out a little early, so we stopped by a bar on our street and had another beer. Then we got home because she's young and had to ride her bike home so we were home by ten. You wouldn't believe how cheap babysitting is here!!! It's only 5chf (chf stands for Swiss Franks) and that is only like 4 American dollars an hour!! We'll have a babysitter every weekend at this rate! Unfortunately, she said he didn't go to bed until 9, but I think she probably put him down and every time she heard him talking went and got him. We'll have to explain it better to her next time, but she did great for her first time here!!