Call me corny but around here we like to do it up big for Valentine’s Day. I know, I know … some people consider it such a corny holiday where men are *forced* to buy gifts and cards and overpriced flowers and people feel obligated to say I love you. But I think of it {and most holidays to be honest} as a chance to have a little FUN with our kiddos. I know that someday the day will come when they will think this is all too corny and silly and won’t want anything to do with it – then again, maybe they won’t and maybe someday they’ll enjoy making holidays into fun celebrations with their OWN kids!
So many years ago we sort of gave up the idea of going out as a couple for Valentine’s day – for one thing, I worked at a flower shop for a few years and it was ALWAYS our busiest week which meant I would rush home from working all day just in time for dinner. Also, it’s hard to find someone to watch the kids and the restaurants are usually crowded. Our solution was to make our own at home special dinner. For several years now we’ve done this and it’s always a wonderful night. We decorate the whole dining room and set up the table real fancy. We get dressed up and make a yummy, special dinner and special dessert.
This year, since Valentine’s day was going to be on a Tuesday {which is usually my hubby’s day to work} we decided to do our fancy dinner on Sunday night.
I did the decorating. I keep one small bin filled with fun Valentine decor that I pull out each year.
My hubby loves to cook and is SO good at it – so he made us an amazing Shrimp Scampi for dinner! He likes a little more seafood so he also made some clams and scallops for himself. My daughters like scallops too, but I only stick to the shrimp. =)
My little love bugs … they are growing up way too fast!
Hubby’s plate with all his seafood, he was in heaven!
Daddy’s girls … He is SUCH an amazing Daddy to them!
Later that night we watched Courageous after the girls were in bed. It was a great movie with a great message for all Dads. Like I said, I’m so blessed that my husband is such a good Daddy to his girls and is so involved in their lives.
Tuesday morning: On the ‘real’ Valentine’s Day I had some fun little things planned. But hubby surprised me by saying he took the day off and we WOULD be going out to a fancy dinner at night {with our girls}. So our plans changed slightly, but we still had a fun day, actually even better because Bob was able to be with us too.
We started the morning with homemade, fluffy waffles topped with whipped cream and strawberries … and PINK milk!
*I may or may not have had chocolate with Breakfast, Lunch AND Dinner that day!*
We gave the girls these little boxes with a few little treats …they also got a cute bag full of goodies from one Grandma and a card and money from the other Grandma. They are lucky little girls!
My daughter created these little clothespin people for each of us, so cute!
A bunch of the goodies the girls got…
My hubby is one of those guys who likes to make goofy comments on FB when it comes to Valentine’s day … a friend of ours got some Choc. Covered Strawberries for V-day and Bob’s comment was ‘there’s a sucker born every day!’ ….. and YET, he got me chocolate AND flowers! {the card was from my girls} I love that even though he thinks it’s funny and probably thinks the whole day is super corny, he also knows what will make his wife happy and feel loved and he’s willing to go out of his comfort zone to make me feel special. {And he knows that I love multicolored roses MUCH better than all red roses!}
So I forgot my camera for the rest of the day, shame on me, I know! But we went to a neat Nature center near us, and took a little hike in the woods, then had Subway for lunch, then came home and showered and changed and went out to a lovely dinner. It was a restaurant that we had never been to but we LOVED it. The atmosphere was gorgeous, with views of the river and boats and the sun going down. And the food was awesome, I can’t remember the last time we had such a good meal out! The girls were wonderful at dinner, they behaved like little princesses and they were the only kids in the whole place!
All in all, it was a wonderful day and we had fun making the most of it. Yep, corny we may be, but we have fun!
4 comments:
Love all your decorations! We do the same over here. It's our anniversary but we never celebrate on the actual day, I like to make a big to do with my kids and husband just celebrating valentines day. We did shrimp scampi this year as well, so delicious :-)
Bob can come cook me that dinner anytime! YUM! :)
You are adorable. I hope I'm a fun mom like you. :)
What a fun day you all had! We made our day a *family day*, too :) Vince & I like to make it a date night, but our babysitters are a couple of states away now...ha
Your decorations are cute, too! I couldn't find my little box of V-day decor this year. I think it's somewhere in the garage, at least I know I saw it in there after the move. Who knows where it got stuck though:)
Post a Comment