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I told him not to get me anything b/c I kind of felt that we’ve been a bit off this year and then to get me a present… it just didn’t feel genuine. So we went out for a valentine’s day lunch without the girls on Sunday and that was nice. I took care of things for the girls- decorated the house, bought them some dollar store toys (a heart stamper, stikers, heart box, etc) and some hershey kisses. I had them make a card for dh each and to give them to him this am. But dh surprised me before we got downstairs. He had 3 boxes of chocolates on the kitchen island- one for each of the girls, and one for me. There was also a bottle of bubble bath for me, and a card. The card was from a preboxed set that we had at the house and didn’t really say much inside, but he was creative and made 3 “coupons” that he put inside- they were mildly x-rated so I won’t give details.
I did the same for him- card and coupons (a morning sleep in, etc.).I was actually pretty impressed with him. Though I did say that I didn’t want anything especially not flowers or chocolocate due to the calories, I’ve always wanted him to think outside the box and to give me alone time with him. Since he’s not terribly romantic, I can’t really expect something over the top, so this was good for him.Katie!!! That is Funny!!
well, maybe it was his way to say “hey, let’s add some spice to our life!”ok ok I’m giving him too much credit? LOL
!!!!Lori, I’m glad that your dh ‘came through’ – that’s what it sounds like
…We have a tradition, from me really, that we won’t buy into the ‘Hallmark Valentines stuff’- so we make each other hand made cards. Now, neither one of us is an artist! but, I must say dh surprises me w/ how he makes do w/ things from around the house (this year he took a pink ‘L’ & glued/taped it on yellow paper- the ‘L’ is a paper letter shape, from a little ‘L’ notepad; it’s mine, for Laura, LOL!) & he always writes something very sweet!Yesterday he happened to pick Jonah up from school (usually it’s me who picks him up) and when Jonah walked in the door, he had a big bouquet of yellow roses (what’s w/ the yellow this year, LOL! I just thought of that- I actually don’t even like yellow…) & he said that they were from him & Ari- Happy Valentines!I was floored bcse I don’t ever really want flowers for Valentines day. but the fact that he got yellow roses was special bcse I am not one for red roses (again, pink or fire&ice or purple or whatever would have been my first choice bcse again, I’m not a yellow person) so he put thought into them…I made spaghetti & tomato sauce for dinner- it’s red, ROTFLMAO!I gave Jonah a dove heart chocolate…& he made a card for John from him & Ari.We have date night Sat. night, so we’ll go out then. Actually, our 8th wedding anniversary is next week, so we’ll go somewhere to celebrate that this Sat
.Lori- Oh la la!!
Maybe he’s trying to “bring back that lovin feelin”!!Katie– some boys need hints. I have had to hint and hint and get mad and hint. But when Owen was born, we had said no more kids, Kevin bought me a really nice mother’s ring and I had NO clue!! I call it Kevin’s no more kids ring. My b-day falls near mothers day every year and he tries to slip the two together…… I say at least a card please, come on!! He’ gotten much better over the last few years. But he does slip back into moments of “spice rack gifts”We went out to supper at a nice place, no kids which was nice. And then we went to Target. Mostly because we wanted to stay out more than a hour and a half. Funny how we don’t know what to do without kids. But DH did get the babysitter all lined up himself which is almost a first I think.Erica, LOL!!!!… He got home late from work and then we watched survivor and apprentice on TV. By that point, neither one of us was much in the mood to “bring back that lovin’ feeling”!
Your dinner sounds nice- and VERY impressive about a babysitter! Funny, because when dh and I went out for lunch, I made a conscious effort not to talk about the kids, but found that I couldn’t stop myself. I often wonder what we’re going to do when they don’t need us anymore!Dh vacuumed the house and cleaned the kitchen because my sister was coming to visit for the weekend. He hates cleaning, so it was actually a really thoughtful thing for him to do. We had decided not to do presents, so this was a surprise.
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