Hubs and I celebrated our 8th anniversary last month. We are not the types to go all out for these kind of things (maybe we will for year 10 or something). Seriously, every day we spend with each other is a celebration (there! had to go a tiny bit mushy since it IS our anniversary I am writing about). Anyway, we decided that since this was a big day we should at least go out to eat. Since we are not the best planners in the world, we neglected to get a sitter. Next best thing...Benihana (Hibachi grill)! We thought that Benihana would keep the kids engaged while we talked about love stuff (not really, but sounds good for the occasion). Well this plan worked out well! Their behavior was as good as we could have hoped for. Everything was LOVELY, until it came to the end of the dinner. You see, at Benihana they ask you if you are celebrating anything specific. I should have just kept my mouth shut. Trying to redeem ourselves from our lazy attitude about the day, we (okay...I) let the server know that we were celebrating our anniversary. I really thought that I might get a free dessert or something, but what we got was an awkward balloon heart that the kids fought over and an even more awkward family photo.
Let me frame this awkward family photo in words: 8th anniversary, ugly balloon heart, happy couple in Tshirts, one kid refusing to get in the picture and one kid grabbing her mom's boob (she did not mean to).
Well, that is it...our 8th anniversary and life in one snap shot. Hey, at least they behaved!
Here's to many, many more years living just like this (because I love every minute of it)...just saying and praying!
