[ATC by SkippyMom]~
So what are everyone's plans for Valentine's Day?
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Pooldad and I don't celebrate it, as we figure that we have 364 other days in which to tell eachother how much we love one another and we do a lot of fun [and sometimes romantic] "couple stuff" that we don't really need a holiday to express it. We also don't like how it seems to force people to have a significant other/date or they feel bad if they don't.
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Cynical aren't we?
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I am kidding [about the cynicism - the rest is true!] but we do have a special night for the kids. For as long as I can remember we have had the infamous "Red Dinner" - which consists of Spaghetti with Marinara sauce, salad with lettuce, red bell peppers, tomatoes and Thousand Island Dressing [well, it is almost a red dressing], garlic bread [which isn't red] and for Dessert? The yummy-licious Strawberry Pie with real whipped cream. We have, in the past, dyed their milk red [and green on St. Patricks Day :D] but they don't pander to that anymore and won't let us [don't you hate when they grow up? sigh]. And strawberry milk? No, not with spaghetti, tyvm.
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So does anyone else have a tradition or something they like to do on Valentine's Day? I would love to hear all about it.
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and if anyone rats me out for spelling "dyed"as "died" before I could edit it...just remember, I know where you blog. heehee
4 comments:
You should try Catalina dressing instead of TI... it is red and tastes oh so yummy!!
FINALLY! Someone else who has the same feelings about Valentines Day. We don't make a huge deal about it. Now that we have kids, we do something fun for them. This year we are going to spend the weekend away as a family, not because it is Valentines Day but because we need a get away, the dates just happened to cross.
Your dinner sounds really good. Can I come?
I should add that I do make sugar cookies every year. Who can resist sugar cookies with pink frosting and sprinkles!
Just another day.
Marni - Catalina is yum, but it's very much sugar and ketchup thinned down a little... ;P
I love your red dinner idea, I'm stealing that for when I have kids. Actually why wait? I can start that now. Yay! I love traditions. <3
It's just another day but for me, an excuse to cook something new, something different, and an excuse to force him to eat something difft
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