Best Valentine’s Day ever
Happy belated Valentine’s Day everyone. This year I decided I didn’t want my kids to be watched by a babysitter while I’m having dinner nervously in a restaurant and then have to rush home to my kids. Instead, I agreed with my husband that we stay home and I make a romantic dinner for all of us and we celebrate Valentine’s Day together. I still can’t believe how joyful and perfect it turned out. I can say it was our best Valentine except for our very first one together, when we were newly engaged.
The kids and I spend most of the day cutting colorful paper hearts and attaching them to a ribbon, making Valentine cards for dad. I told them we are planning to surprise daddy, and we really did surprised him. We had a simple Lamb shank and fries with spinach Salad for dinner and I made chocolate mouse for dessert. The kids were participating in all of the preparation. We even made (as I call it), a scrap-board with our family pictures in it.
Of course, they drove me crazy doing all of that, but it was worth seeing them all exited when later in the evening I put on some soft music and lit some candles. Even my one year old daughter was clapping and dancing the whole evening.
Dad came with chocolates and yes, he was surprised by the romantic look of the house. We had a lovely evening.
I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day too, and remember it takes just a little imagination and effort to make the best of any event or situation.
I find that the best Valentine’s days are the ones spent home in front of the fire place.