I love Valentine's Day and always have. I get so excited about it. The first year we were married was really the first year Jason and I got to celebrate it together so I was so excited to go out with him that night after work. Well let's just say because I was not from here I didn't realise that in order to get into a restaurant you had to wait for 2 hours and we ended up at a Chinese buffet with only a 45 min wait. My Valentine's Day was not what I envisioned. So now after 11 years I am still doing the same dinner menu of Shrimp, scallops, baked potatoes and corn. We have a candle light dinner with rose petals on the table. We have now added to the table our girls. They love it- they have heart shaped plates they use and every year Jason gets them flowers too. Katie this year started asking about her flowers in Dec. so she will be so happy when she gets them.
I get the girls small gifts and a box of candy too. Last year as we were sitting at the table with candles flickering and watching the glow of the girls faces, Karissa goes this is so romantic. She has no idea what that word means but in my head I'm going yeah so romantic!! I wouldn't trade this tradition for anything. I can always go out with Jason another night but I'm hoping we set the bar high for their future husbands.
I remember my mom giving me and Chanda gifts and showering us with extra love that it was ok if we didn't have a boyfriend at the time. I want the girls to just be comfortable with themselves, boys don't make them the person- God and we do.
So I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day and we love you all!
I will post pictures of our girls and the table later.
1 comment:
Tracy,
I love your idea for integrating the girls! You are showing them the image of love so that they will be encouraged to wait for true love themselves!
You know, I never do have a good meal out on Valentine's day. Everyplace is so busy that the quality of the food is severely comprimsed. So, I'm a fan of staying in!
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