We decided to stay home on Valentine’s Day instead of going out since it has to be one of the busiest days of restaurant season and with Alex not taking a nap it wouldn’t have been a good scene. I could just see it now. Us standing in line waiting for table and Alex having a melt down.

We thought we would make it a little special and dimming the lights and put some candles on the table. Alex was pretty intrigued by the change of scenery and asked what the candles were for. We explained that it was Valentine’s Day which is special so we were doing something different. That seemed to satisfy him for a couple of minutes when he asked again.

“Why do we have candles on the table?”

“Well, what day is it today?”

“Oh, I don’t want to tell you.”

“Well, it’s Valentine’s Day which is special so we put some candles on the table.”

“Okay”.

We continued eating for another five minutes when,

“Why do we have these candles on the table?”

“Well, what day is it today?”

“I don’t want to tell you.”

This went on for pretty much the rest of dinner.