Post by carolinagirl831 on Jan 27, 2014 10:41:27 GMT -5
My mom always had little V day treats and a little gift for us. I'm getting E a book and she has a red heart outfit to wear. Dh and I are using our Ruth Chris Credit and going out on the 15th. We aren't exchanging gifts as we're going to the Caymans at the end of Feb and saving out money for that.
I will do something small for DH, not sure what yet. We usually exchange small gifts (chocolate and cards.
I hope N is having a daycare party; I haven't heard anything yet. In a perfect world, i'll get up early and make red velvet heart shaped pancakes, but in reality that will probably happen Saturday morning I'll probably get him a small gift, too.
I'm planning on making a nice dinner for DH & I. Probably do filet & crab legs (DH's fave!) & a nice bottle of wine.
Post by IrishBelle on Jan 27, 2014 11:02:27 GMT -5
The 14th is the start of a long weekend here and we're going away for the weekend so we'll be spending that evening in the car with DDs. We don't typically do anything special but I do like to make a special dinner. This year, I'm thinking of getting DDs something small like a new book that they can take in the car with them.
While I like getting flowers, I always tell DH to get me flowers on some other random day over Valentine's day.
Post by MadamePresident on Jan 27, 2014 11:16:12 GMT -5
I was thinking of doing 14 days of valentines for my husband this year. Everyday I'll do something for him, maybe some candy in his work bag one day, a love note the next, bedroom time, etc. I haven't finished planning it all out, but sometimes I feel like I give him the leftovers of my time and energy.
I'm taking Nods out to a tea with some of her baby friends on V-day.
DH and I usually just do cards, but I might try to make him something involving DD this year. Not sure what. And we're moving this weekend, so that will all depend on time and unpacking and getting our new place situated.
I like the book idea for DD. My mom used to get us something little for these kind of holidays and I think it's fun!
We exchange cards and I always make Beef Wellington for dinner. He usually gets me flowers and something small (DH is big on gifts).
Last year I made him a "beer bouquet". I bought a dozen different craft beers and wrapped them in tissue paper so that they looked like flowers and arranged them in a basket. I can't do that this year since he gave up drinking as a new years resolution, so maybe I will do it with different sodas or something.
I hate going out on valentines it's just too crazy for me. But I usually make a nice dinner like steak or something and something chocolate. I have heart shaped cake pans so I'll make brownies in them or a cake.
We get something for the kids but nothing big. They do have parties at school/daycare. Oh I have heart shaped muffin tins so I'll use those to make breakfast a bit special.
Post by purplecow0206 on Jan 27, 2014 12:01:13 GMT -5
DH's parents are coming into town that weekend, so we're going out on first post-baby date night...where we will proceed to discuss the baby the entire time, I'm sure.
Post by jackpackage on Jan 27, 2014 12:16:41 GMT -5
We always exchange candy and cards. I'm planning on buying him a stupid amount of jelly bellys and I already bought a frame for new family pictures for his office. I think I'm going to get a stuffed frog (his new obsession). We've gone to a few birthday parties since Christmas and he's really jealous of the other kids opening gifts, so I think he'll be excited about that part.
The three of us go out or order takeout every Friday, so we probably won't do anything special for dinner, but I'll make a special breakfast.
I did this for our anniversary a year ago and DH and I both loved it. To be MM I kept all dates to $20 - but that was pre-kid so no babysitter needed.
Would you mind sharing what some of your dates were? I'm tempted to do this but would also like to keep the average date cost low.
Sure. Anniversary is November so we started with that month. My self-imposed rules were that it has to cost less than $20 - a lot were way less/free. It had to be something that H and I had never done together before. No dinners. No movies. (We go out to eat once a month as a regular thing, but I didn't want to include that in theses dates. ) H woultd open the date for the next month the month before so that we could plan when would be a good time to go. It's good to be flexible if you do this because some months we just couldn't fit it in and another month we'd do two. I wasn't sure how this was going to go over when I gave it to him and I told him upfront that if a date didn't sound any fun or if it was stressful to get it on the calendar we would skip it, with no hurt feelings. The dates actually turned out to be really fun and he really liked the time and creativity that I spent finding so many things that we never would have thought to do.
Nov - stay home date -- watch wedding video and play do you know your h/w? -- I was not sure how this was going to go, but H is SUPER competitive so he starting keeping points immediately for every one that he got right It was too long to do in one sitting but we finished it over several weeks and it was one of the most fun dates we did.
Dec - drive to local town that has amazing Christmas light display
Jan - bookstore date -- This website has lots of really good ideas, you just have to shift through the cheesy-my-husband-would-never-go-for-that ones to find the good ones.
March - putt-putt/miniature golf/crazy golf -- whatever it's called where you live
April - paddle boats at local park
May - a special kind of rare water lilies blossom at a state park -- we were going to walk there, but it POURED rain the whole month of May so we never did this date
June - "his and her favorites" date -- for us this was smelling colognes at the mall -- HE LOVES colognes. Added bonus that it gave me some ideas for his birthday gift. Followed by Ben and Jerry's ice cream because I LOVE ice cream (We'd never gone to ben and jerry's for ice cream so I counted it as a new experience )
July - free tour at local brewery followed by beer and pretzels.
Aug - Free Shakespeare in the park -- It was hot as blazes and I was pregnant so we decided to skip this date
Sept - geocaching at local recreation center
Oct -- day trip to the mountains to see leaves ( we splurged and turned this into a weekend away since I was pregnant and we didn't get to do any other sort of "babymoon")
We usually just do fancy candy or a bottle of wine for each other. We'll probably do a book or something small for DD. DH doesn't really get it, but my parents always got us something small for the minor holidays, and I'd like to continue that with DD.
This is us exactly. My mom already bought DD some valentines day books for me to give her. Her birthday is the 16th, but I want to still do cards and something little for her.
My husband has started whining about "What are you buying me for Valentine's Day?" Translation: Please buy this ridiculous overpriced luxury item for me. Nope, I am sitting around on maternity leave so there isn't any extra $$$ coming in to buy you luxury crap.
After reading this thread, I am feeling inspired to hopefully make some heart-shaped sugar cookies. I haven't baked those in a long time and I have some really cute mini-heart cookie cutters. Maybe I could start a cookie tradition, even though DD is too young this year to eat cookies.
Post by waterchurch on Jan 27, 2014 13:45:08 GMT -5
My inlaws arrive for the weekend, so we'll probably just hang out and get something delivered since all the restaurants will be crowded. I'll get DH some chocolates he likes. Maybe we'll be able to sneak out for a date and leave the kid with the inlaws at some point over the weekend.