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family day (feb 16th) & valentine’s day date night (feb 13th)

February 18, 2009 by bigdaddy

By @BigDaddyKreativ:

Well… although it wasn’t really a “Family Day” for us, we did spend it with family.  My parents are preparing to move soon.  They interviewed a few real estate agents last week, and all of them had commented that they needed to remove the numerous pictures on the wall in the family room.  My parents have hung pictures of them, their kids, and their grandkids… so needless to say, there were alot of pictures.  So me being the wonderful son that I am with so much time on my hands (LOL),  I offered to remove the pictures, patch the walls, spot sand, tape the trim, and paint.  As this cannot be done in one day, I removed the pictures and patched the walls on Thursday night, sanded and taped Friday.  I put the first coat of paint on Saturday while Mapsgirl was at a play with her mom and sister-in-law.  My parents watched the girls.  On Sunday, we all went back over and Mapsgirl and I put the final coat of paint on.  The next morning (Family Day), after Mapsgirl left for work, I took Peanut and Munchkin over to my parents place to remove the tape, put all the outlet covers back on, and replace the cold air return (as the previous owners painted it and it looked terrible).  They are quite inexpensive at Home Depot, and a new one looks much better than painting the old one, and much easier to do too.

When we were done, we went to out for lunch (because the girls were so good), and then went home.  My Mum kept the girls quite busy while I was working, so they were pretty tired.  We all went down for a nap at 1:30pm.  Next thing I knew… it was 4:40pm, Dakota woke up (she sleeps beside my side of the bed), Munchkin was passed out beside me, and Peanut (who was in her crib) was just starting to wake up (her voice in the monitor was what woke Dakota up).  I went out to get Peanut and realized Mapsgirl was already home.  She had left work early, and when she got home to a quiet home, she didn’t want to disturb us.  I started to think what a  wonderful nap I just had, although my arm was a little numb from Munchkin’s head laying on it for 3 hours!  The long nap was so relaxing… and much needed after all we did this past weekend.  I just wish Mapsgirl was home to enjoy the morning, lunch out, and the long nap… and enjoy Family Day with us.
Well… at least we had a night out for Valentine’s Day (on Friday night).  We went to the Keg for dinner, and then to a pub for a couple beers.  It was great… date night.  I was looking forward to it for weeks.
Now… I bet you’re wondering why I mentioned these 2 events out of order.   Well… although I missed Mapsgirl on Family Day, we got to spend some quality time talking, laughing, and enjoying each others company… just the 2 of us.  With such hectic lives, time is so valuable.  Time together alone is priceless.
Although I love the fact we have a new statutory holiday to spend with our families, every day is family day to me.  In all, I’d say it was a wonderful weekend.

Filed Under: family, Life, mapsgirl, munchkin, peanut Tagged With: bigdaddykreativ, date night

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Craig is a husband, a father, team leader, travel and food writer, senior youth group coordinator, designer, brander, community builder, volunteer, and social media strategist. Craig likes to travel, go camping, go on road trips, watch movies, build stuff, operate the grill, and sing with his band. Craig is a member of the Travel Media Association of Canada. In June 2017, PR firm Cision identified Craig as one of Canada’s top 10 most popular male bloggers in the parents and family space.

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