Mutually Beneficial Babysitting

Tonight is date night. Craig and I are looking forward to going out to dinner just the two of us. We are lucky and appreciative to have grandparents that live close by that are willing to offer free babysitting. Tonight we are taking advantage of a fund raiser that the youth group at our church is running. For an extremely affordable rate, they are giving parents a night of babysitting to raise money for a mission trip. They already held a babysitting night for Valentine's Day. Alex went and had a blast. He got to play games with his friends, decorate cookies and watch a movie. The thing I love about this is that everyone benefits. The youth group raises money for their trip. Alex gets to have fun on a Friday night with kids his age. Most enjoyable for us, Craig and I get to go out for a kid-free dinner. I love it when everyone wins!