Valentine's Day

I had hoped to take dh out to dinner for Valentine's Day - we have a pretty rigid diet at home, and I know he misses steak and lasagna, so I wanted to take him somewhere and let him order whatever he wanted. The problem is Miss M. I was pretty sure I could figure out something with the boys, but I couldn't leave her home, she'd have to come with us, which would make any meal out . . . well, kind of wild. ;)

As it turned out, he surprised me by taking a day off from work to take me out for the day! He arranged for a friend to stay with the boys so we could spend the day out in town (with Miss M; she's still too young to leave without a lot of distress for her and for whoever she's left with!)

After we'd been out for awhile, he informed me that he had reserved us a hotel room and arranged it so we could just stay away all night! So we did a little shopping (mostly for stuff we needed - he tried to pack everything we'd need for an overnight trip, but didn't think of everything, so we had to get a couple of things - like a toothbrush - but at least he remembered the important things - like chocolate!) We ordered dinner to go (he got his lasagna!) and took it to the hotel room with us. Miss M was so excited with her new surroundings that she stayed up opening drawers and trying out all the chairs and running around the room - until midnight!

The boys had a great time, too - it turned out to be a pizza slumber party for them!