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OP - For some another option might be to vacation near other siblings and arrange ahead of time to see if they would take your kids for one or two nights to just let you two get away.  You could also arrange to pay for one of their sitters to be on hand some of the time to provide assistance.  Then indicate, too, that you would like to do the same for them.  A couple gets a break and the kids get to know cousins a bit better.

For couples in the metro area, I would suggest trying to find a reliable college sitter to be able to easily go out to dinner or other activity more than just once every month or two.  I know that American University has a sitter list and also I think Marymount University has something called Bernie's list.  Another resource could be an area community college seeking a student in pre-education, childcare or nursing programs.  In any of these situations you start off with a daytime job for a couple of hours and return early and then try evening with kids all set for bed and then go from there.

Years ago I used college sitters for a "Mother's Morning Out" to run errands and food shop mostly.  Then over the years I have used college sitters for activity partners for one of our daughters who has a disability.  Once you find a good college sitter, you can pretty much rely on word-of-mouth suggestions of a friend.  And once a child can talk, there is very easy corroboration of what one did during a given time frame. [b] ***My greatest fear today with children of any age would be to have them out in a car with a person of any age who would not follow my one rule of no texting or talking on the phone while on the road.[/b]  This for me is the only request I make on outings with our daughter - who obviously can say what is going on.

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