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Erm, no, not that kind of fun. 
Letās keep this PG, shall we? 
So, pre-kids, St. Valentineās Day was a lot easier to celebrate than it is now. At least for us, it involved a really nice dinner out near but not on the day (weāre both introverts; we hate crowds!), maybe a movie or a show, and exchanging small gifts or going in together on a bigger one weād both enjoy.
Now that DD is here, dinners out are few and far between thanks to a lack of babysitting. Mind you, sheās definitely worth it, but I still want to keep St. Valentineās Day special, yāknow?
Hereās the point: post some ideasāpreferably not of the āI just get my wife a $5,000 item of jewelry every year!ā varietyāof little things to celebrate St. Valentineās day. I know this is a little belated, but maybe weāll all get some new, cool ideas for this year, next year, and the years to come!
Okay, hereās what weāre doing at our place:
Iāll be making a nice dinner for after DD goes to bed: grill a steak, make a salad, throw some rolls alongside it, and then a little dessert I can make earlier in the day. The idea is to not have to do much to bring dinner onto the table after bedtime: all of these things can be done earlier in the day except for putting the steak on the grill. Iāve picked up a bottle of a favorite wine, and weāll have that over dinner and while watching a history documentary (yes, weāre nerds, what can I say?) together after dinner.
In terms of gifts, DH isnāt really an expensive gift sort of guy at all. Iāve gotten him a sampler bottle of cologne to see if heāll like it, and a bag of his favorite candies. Might pick up some golf balls tomorrow if I get around to it, too. Heāll be honestly happy about all of the above, and we wonāt break the bankāyay!
Fire away, all!
Letās keep this PG, shall we? So, pre-kids, St. Valentineās Day was a lot easier to celebrate than it is now. At least for us, it involved a really nice dinner out near but not on the day (weāre both introverts; we hate crowds!), maybe a movie or a show, and exchanging small gifts or going in together on a bigger one weād both enjoy.
Now that DD is here, dinners out are few and far between thanks to a lack of babysitting. Mind you, sheās definitely worth it, but I still want to keep St. Valentineās Day special, yāknow?
Hereās the point: post some ideasāpreferably not of the āI just get my wife a $5,000 item of jewelry every year!ā varietyāof little things to celebrate St. Valentineās day. I know this is a little belated, but maybe weāll all get some new, cool ideas for this year, next year, and the years to come!
Okay, hereās what weāre doing at our place:
Iāll be making a nice dinner for after DD goes to bed: grill a steak, make a salad, throw some rolls alongside it, and then a little dessert I can make earlier in the day. The idea is to not have to do much to bring dinner onto the table after bedtime: all of these things can be done earlier in the day except for putting the steak on the grill. Iāve picked up a bottle of a favorite wine, and weāll have that over dinner and while watching a history documentary (yes, weāre nerds, what can I say?) together after dinner.
In terms of gifts, DH isnāt really an expensive gift sort of guy at all. Iāve gotten him a sampler bottle of cologne to see if heāll like it, and a bag of his favorite candies. Might pick up some golf balls tomorrow if I get around to it, too. Heāll be honestly happy about all of the above, and we wonāt break the bankāyay!
Fire away, all!
