If you’re looking for new Christmas crafts inspiration, join members of the Women’s National Farm & Garden Association at the Rochester Hills Public Library for a free Christmas Crafts Workshop.

Members of the association will demonstrate a variety of holiday decorations and crafts, just in time to start planning your own projects! This free workshop will presented twice; Wednesday, November 16th from 7 – 8:30 pm and Thursday, November 17th from 10:00 – 11:30 am.

Registration, with your library card, is required. Please visit www.rhpl.org or call 248-650-7124 for more information, or to register.

2.  Date Night-  Date the heck out of your spouse.  Go to movies, out to dinner at fancy restaurant, go to a concert, ect.  Just do as much together because once baby comes, alone time is very limited.  Finding a person you trust ahead of time that can watch your children is also a must.  Having family members to watch your children is great, but not everyone has that luxury.  Also, don’t take advantage of having family members take care of your children.  Have you heard of overstepping your bounds?  This is one thing you don’t want to do because when you really need them, they may not be willing to help.  This comes from personal experience.

I haven’t seen a movie at the theater in years with my husband because we have 3 little ones and it’s hard to find someone to watch all three kids at once.  We usually have to rent movies through Blockbuster Online and sometimes it takes us 3-4 hours just to get through a movie.  We are always starting and stopping for drinks, snacks, to break up a quarrel, ect.

Kids and restaurants are close to a nightmare.  Kids have a hard time sitting still for very long, so you have to eat quickly if you want to make it through an entire meal.  Tip: Order their food right away (even before the waitress takes the drink orders) that way they have more time to eat.  Also, bring a few small toys, coloring book and crayons, ect.  This will help when at a restaurant that is slow on getting orders out.

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