Talking Tuesday
Share your thoughts, feelings, and stories as well as respond to others regarding these questions:
What did you do to celebrate Valentine’s Day?
I’ll get us started …
My approach to Valentine’s Day, as I highlighted in recent article A Chance to Love, is that it’s an opportunity to shower your loved ones with the admiration, gratitude, and love you feel for them. This is especially true for me with my husband, and I feel he does the same for me. Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to spread some love to those you love.
This year, my hubs and I did a two part celebration. On Sunday night we went out for an amazingly delicious dinner at the Napa Rose. We got dressed up and savored our evening out on the town. The Napa Rose is adjacent to Downtown Disney at Disneyland, so we also enjoyed a hand-in-hand stroll perusing the shops together and making sure to stop for a caramel apple (my fave!). It was such a wonderful evening for the two of us.
The second part of our V-Day celebration was a more low-key evening the day of. Before Steve got home, I decorated the house with some homemade décor and lots of candles. With some of my favorite love songs playing in the background, it was the perfect way to greet my hubs. He then proceeded to cook an out-of-this world, delicious dinner. We exchanged a few small gifts and cards, and then we finished up the evening with a banana cream pie that I baked.
I don’t know about all of you, but it felt good to take time out just to love on one another!
Okay, it’s your turn!
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February 23rd, 2012 at 11:35 am
My husband and I celebrated early with a fabulous dinner at Cheesecake Factory a few nights early and then with a homemade candlelight dinner by him featuring my favorite: crab legs and a bottle of wine left from a winery back home that I purchased during our wedding events in October and a few glasses from there. It was a special dinner full of reminiscing. Afterwards we watched the well wishes from all of our guests on our wedding dvd as well as our messages to each other.It was very intimate and special. What a wonderful time! Thanks for the incredible wedding video Ashley and Steve!
February 23rd, 2012 at 11:57 am
Anonymous, what a fabulous celebration! Sounds like you guys made the most of it. What a great idea to reminisce about your wedding together. That’s a great idea and something I think all married couples could incorporate in their celebrations from time to time. Definitely an intimate and special way to celebrate. So glad you enjoyed your wedding video
Thanks for joining the conversation!
February 22nd, 2012 at 2:26 pm
I sent my wife (and two daughters) candy and a card through the mail the day prior to valentine day, (one 6 yrs. old, still live with us and the other lives in the area), so they all got them on valentine day. I also purchased my wife some PJs she had seen at wally world. We ended the evening by going to my wife’s favorite restauraunt. We took our daughter with us and it was still a great time. I want her to know she is very special also and I wanted to be the 1st man in her life to woo her, to be THE example.
February 23rd, 2012 at 11:56 am
Jerry, it sounds like you really put some thought into your Valentine’s Day celebration. How sweet and thoughtful to include your daughters in that. Like you said, it’s important for you to be the first man in her life to “woo” her. Not only does she experience your love and care firsthand, but she observes how a husband should care for and love his wife through yours and your wife’s interactions. I can attest that this has a major impact on a daughter! Great job; thanks for sharing!
February 21st, 2012 at 10:58 am
So Little Wifey V-days are hard to create with a 2 year old. We had a V-day lunch the day before at our favorite restaurant and celebrated V-day as a family. We think it is very important for our young lady in training to experience and learn how the male figure in our home treasures, respects, and spoils us with his love.
February 21st, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Ricinda, it sounds like you guys created quite the special V-Day celebration. It’s nice that you created time for a lunch date, but then created a situation where your daughter can observe that leadership and love from your husband/her father. That’s so important for her to see, so I love that you included that as part of your celebrating! Thanks for sharing!
February 21st, 2012 at 7:12 am
Ours was spread over a few days this year. The weekend before, we did a wine tasting and tour with some good friends, and then saw a play together. The day of, we saw an old movie at a theater in a quaint little town near us. We always go out to eat the day before or after to avoid the crowds, so that was the finale. We enjoyed having fun things to look forward to!
February 21st, 2012 at 9:33 am
Rachel, thanks for kicking off the conversation! It sounds like you guys had quite the Valentine’s Day celebrations! We like to plan things to avoid the crowds too. Glad you guys made the most of your V-Day this year!