We just got back from Disney. Aidan was at Summer Slam for the night. And truly we are blessed and go out to dinner all the time lately now that our kids can stay home alone. We go to Macaroni Grill and Wing Stop and Cheesecake Factory way more than we should. And we are going to go big next year for our 21st anniversary because this year...well we just knew we needed to give it up and do something else. Something simpler. Little did we know that if we would have gone to the Keys this year we would have missed out on this. I wouldn't have had a little boy go swimming with me and ask me what we are doing for our anniversary and then offer up to make us dinner with everything he knew how to do. He started listing all the things he could cook...tortillas, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, shakes, hummus. And then he got to work. He made a menu and he started making it a magical night for us.
And these are all the thoughtful things he did:
- Set the table the night before
- Made Name Cards for both of us
- Made a name card for himself and a paper tie
- Created "Micah Questions" that we discussed during dinner
- Put out pictures of us from our wedding and our vows
- Found our favorite seashells as a centerpiece
- Brought down his stereo speaker and played Phineas and Ferb "Happy Anniversary"
- Played music after dinner to dance to
- Took our order on his notepad
- Created a special menu printed out
- Cooked us...mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, tortillas and refried beans
- Called us Sir and Miss during the whole meal
- Brought down his piano and played music for us (the 3 notes he knew ;))
- Made sure everything was done ahead of time so we didn't have to get up during the meal
- Checked on us during the meal and refilled our water and wine
- Sat and ate dinner with us after we had eaten ours
- Cleaned up in the kitchen afterwards
- Made us coffee when we woke up in the morning
- Told me I didn't have to take the garbage out and that he would do it for me..."it's your anniversary" he explained
