I usually don't do anything too special for this holiday. I can't keep up with them all, so some holidays fall by the wayside and this one is usually part of that lot (along with St. Patrick's Day, Pioneer Day, and Halloween.) HOWEVER, I took a little bit of initiative, thanks to the fun and annual Valentine's package that Amber and Kurt sent the kids. It inspired me to be a better, more whimsical mother. So we made a loose curtain of hearts and draped them from an homemade Valentine's banner hanging in the kitchen; we also decorated sugar cookies on two different occasions. I bought the kids decorative melamine plates and served a complete VDay breakfast on them, cute saying and all! I mean, this was a huge step for Stacia this year.
The afternoon was stressful though. I didn't time things right and I found myself dashing out of the house, kids in-tow, driving to the floral wholesaler with just a few minutes to make "critical" floral decisions, helping with the set-up for the dance that night (more on that to come,) and arranging flowers for my dad and uncle like a madwoman once we made it home again. Making dinner and giving a feeble attempt at tidying the house were just afterthoughts.
Valentine's Day was a rush of mostly Crazy, but the thought of my date tonight got me through it. Juan and I were able to spend the evening together while the sitter took care of our unruly, yet totally adorable brood.
Aaahhh, Date Nights. Glad you're back.
I planned the date for tonight, so Juan was kept in suspense as to where we were going and what we were going to do. He found out where we were going by opening felt fortune cookies (reminiscent of his proposal) with driving directions. The first destination was "GOLD'S GYM" since he's wanted to get a gym pass for a while. I clearly thought he could handle it, but he told me he didn't want to go. It wasn't that he was a baby, like I know you're thinking right now, it's because he's not too sure his foot is ready for working out after all. We decided to wait on that. The next fortune cookie held "DINNER" as a destination. He got to "choose his own adventure" as to where we went to dinner, as long as it was Asian. Because we finally broke out of our tradition of being "un-traditional" on Valentine's Day and went out to eat, I decided to pull out all the--cheesy--stops; we sat at our table and I gave him one chopstick. Only one. I told him, "This is me all by myself. I'm completely useless." At that point, I gave him the other chopstick and said, "This is you... and Baby, You Complete Me..." or something like that. (Insert swelling orchestra music, audience Awwwww's and the teary smiles HERE.)
Go Cliché or Go Home, though. Right?
After dinner, he opened another felt fortune cookie that read, "CVS". He was utterly confused at what we were going to do on our date there. I kept giving him obscure clues so he wouldn't figure it out before we got there. It drove him nuts! :) I told him, "We haven't talked about this all night on our date, so we need to go to CVS right now," and, "2/3 of this has a lot to do with Philadelphia." He caught onto the right idea once he figured out it connected to our children. We got to the front counter and I asked for my photo order. This is what I gave him:
We just needed to talk about the kids to make it an official date. :)
After that we went to the UVU Auto Shop where my aunt Ra'Shelle and uncle Don were hosting a Valentine's Day dance. It was pretty fun, despite the limitations Juan's foot put on him. We invited Juan's parents, Beto and Rosi, and Hector and Lola and they all showed up. There was a live 80's band and my aunt even sang a love song for all the couples to dance to. I hope this memory lasts for a long time because it was just so fun to be there with both sides of my family.
When we got home, Sadie (one of my Mia Maids) had everything cleaned up and the kids were asleep in bed.
PARADISE FOUND!
Despite the crazy morning of Ezra leaving a path of destruction in his wake, it was a lovely VDay.
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