Valentine's Day 2017
In years past I've cooked a fun breakfast or dinner (depending on the day of the week ), set the table with fancy dishes, and made a bit of a fuss. This year, I woke up sick and just didn't have it in me to do much of anything.
Thankfully, Ben had decided to pick up some breakfast goodies the night before as a surprise. They weren't exactly healthy, but it was gluten and dairy-free so I appreciated that!
Thankfully, I'm usually pretty good at not waiting until the last minute on things so I had little gifts for Ben and the boys. For Ben, I'd picked up some "healthy" chocolate peanut butter cups. Each boy received a book. I just had to wrap it all and then print out my valentines and affix a little chocolate heart (ordered from Equal Exchange).
For dinner, I whipped up some pancake batter and Ben made the pancakes. We topped them with some blueberry-lavender jelly we'd picked up in Maplewood and it was a tasty dinner! I'd tried to color them pink by adding a few strawberries to the batter but that did nothing at all. Note taken.
Ben and I had already celebrated by taking a few hours to ourselves on Sunday afternoon. We wondered around Maplewood for a bit and had some coffee, explored Penzy's and a book shop, and had fun looking at goodies in a shop that sold locally-made products.
He surprised me on Tuesday by placing sweet post-it notes all over the house for me to find.
It was a bummer being sick, but love isn't just about the good times. It's also about the not-so-good times and how you overcome them as a couple/family. My guys were sweet to me and let me get lots of rest. And what says "I love you" more than an uninterrupted nap?
Thankfully, Ben had decided to pick up some breakfast goodies the night before as a surprise. They weren't exactly healthy, but it was gluten and dairy-free so I appreciated that!
Thankfully, I'm usually pretty good at not waiting until the last minute on things so I had little gifts for Ben and the boys. For Ben, I'd picked up some "healthy" chocolate peanut butter cups. Each boy received a book. I just had to wrap it all and then print out my valentines and affix a little chocolate heart (ordered from Equal Exchange).
For dinner, I whipped up some pancake batter and Ben made the pancakes. We topped them with some blueberry-lavender jelly we'd picked up in Maplewood and it was a tasty dinner! I'd tried to color them pink by adding a few strawberries to the batter but that did nothing at all. Note taken.
Ben and I had already celebrated by taking a few hours to ourselves on Sunday afternoon. We wondered around Maplewood for a bit and had some coffee, explored Penzy's and a book shop, and had fun looking at goodies in a shop that sold locally-made products.
He surprised me on Tuesday by placing sweet post-it notes all over the house for me to find.
It was a bummer being sick, but love isn't just about the good times. It's also about the not-so-good times and how you overcome them as a couple/family. My guys were sweet to me and let me get lots of rest. And what says "I love you" more than an uninterrupted nap?
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