June 5th was hubby and my 3 year anniversary. We had a babysitter planned for Saturday and hubby had made all the plans for our night out, sushi picnic at a vineyard and going to the drive-in to see, Indiana Jones. (Note: this is hubby's first time making the plans, a request from me) We were going to drink this bottle of Pinot we've had stashed for the past 2 years as I refused to let Matt drink the whole bottle last year when I was pregnant with Layla.  We took the kids to Como Zoo during the day so Sam could see his favorite,the monkeys. SIGN #1--Our babysitter called while we were there, letting us know that she got scheduled in the morning at her job and wouldn't be able to get to our house until 4:30-5:00. So, that meant we wouldn't be able to have a sushi picnic at the vineyard. I made a reservation at a sushi restaurant instead, not a big deal. We got home for the kids afternoon nap and were going to get cleaned up, hoping to sneak out while they were still sleeping. SIGN #2---I notice a text message on my phone (I NEVER get texted, everyone I know, calls). It's a message from the babysitter stating her relief didn't show up for work and they were making her stay, so she couldn't babysit. THE WORST! I start working the phones to see if there's anyone who can watch the kids with such short notice. Matt's brother and fiancee tell us we can bring the kids to their place as they have her family over for a BBQ.  Matt gets the kids packed in the car and I wrap things up in the house and make sure we have everything we need............SIGN #3. As soon as I close the door, Matt shouts, "tell me you have keys?" Of course I don't, why would I, hubby always drives and ALWAYS has keys....not this time. Thank goodness for warm weather! We had to cut a screen from a window and climb in like a hoodlum. We made this decision fast and had the kids dropped off (leaving Sam in a tantrum) w/i 20 minutes. We've never been lucky people, so we didn't want to continue our misfortunes and decided to just go out for dinner. I was happy to share a peaceful, delicious dinner (adult food) with the love of my life, even if our plans didn't work out the way we had hoped. When you have children, I've learned to never count on definites, and be open to compromise.