My kids know that tomorrow is our anniversary. They aren’t exactly sure what an anniversary is, so I explained it’s like a birthday for the day Daddy and I got married. Yeah, as of tomorrow, Daddy and I will have had eighteen of those “birthdays”!

From reading this blog, you may have figured out by now that hubby and I are very traditional in our values, but pretty unconventional as far as just about everything else goes. That includes anniversaries, too. Many of our friends are “confuzzled” when they learn that we’ve taken our oldest son on most of our anniversary outings (as he’s the only child we’ve had up to this year!). But, it makes perfect sense to us! Since our family is part of the years we are celebrating, it only makes sense that he would be with us (and, yeah, that includes an overnight one year).

So, it is no different with this year. We batted around a few ideas, but none of them sounded “right” until we included the kids. Don’t get us wrong. We love each other, are totally devoted to each other, and definitely plan to have some couple time together on our “special day”, but we also want to have some celebration time with the kids, and let them know how big a part they play in the “story of us.”

Hubby and I waited over eight years into our marriage before having my oldest son. And, another nine years passed before we became parents again. We love being parents, and know that part of the love we share with each other is what prompted us to become parents to begin with. So, it only seems fitting that part of the day would involve something to acknowledge the parenting part of our “couple-ness.”

Lest you worry about us, my oldest will be making breakfast for his siblings in the morning while hubby serves me my favorite coffee in bed (well, I’ll serve him his hot chocolate, but he’s the one braving the cold to run across the street to our favorite chain to get it!). That will definitely get the party started!

Happy birthday, Us!

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