Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Valentine's Day

We finished up our Valentine's Week with a fun-filled Valentine's Day. I started off the day by surprising Michael with breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts. (Earlier in the week, he had said he knew where we were going, and I knew that he knew it was Dunkin' Donuts. But then he had jokingly guessed that we were going to Waffle House, so on our way to Dunkin' Donuts, I pulled into Waffle House first. [Michael was blindfolded and wasn't sure which side of town we were on due to my expert circular driving skills that confused him :-)]. I was hoping to throw him off and thought he would laugh really hard when I took the blindfold off him and he saw we were at Waffle House. I think he believed me for a couple of minutes! But then we headed down the street to Dunkin' Donuts and had a really yummy breakfast!)
When we got home from breakfast, Viviane received a special Valentine message on the refrigerator from Mommy and Daddy--written with part of her Valentine's gift--a new set of magnetic alphabet letters!


Michael surprised me with an afternoon and evening in Saluda, NC. He had arranged for Auntie Donna to babysit Viviane. (Thanks, Donna!) We had a great time browsing in the little antique shops, exchanging our Valentine gifts, talking, and having dinner at the Saluda Grade Cafe. We finished off the evening with shakes from Cold Stone Creamery before picking up Viviane.

The day was a great conclusion to a wonderful Valentine's Week!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You guys are so creative -- it sounds like you had a wonderful day! Saluda is a cute little town, isn't it? There's a really pretty bed & breakfast near there -- did you see it?

Donna said...

What fun! But the pictures won't let me magnify them, and that is quite frustrating! :-)

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a very fun day! I'm so glad you went "away" for the afternoon. What fun!