Five Years
Yesterday was our Fifth Anniversary. Yay!
We've grown a lot in the past five years, and I'm eager to see what the next years bring. As always, I'm just so thankful that I got the best husband in the world!!! And this past year, it's been fun watching ourselves become parents. Hello! Life has changed!
Last year, when we went out for our anniversary, it ended up being our last date pre-kid, and I spent it finding restrooms. A week later, Ellis was born. Last night we enjoyed a nice evening in center city. Taking up a friend's suggestion, we went to an Indian restaurant with a $10 dinner buffet. Woohoo! That place was hilarious, between the flashing Christmas lights and cheesy Indian music videos, the ambiance was perfect. The food was pretty decent, too. I didn't feel like I got more than I paid for in terms of quality, but I enjoyed it. It is definitely going to be added to the list of Ethnic Restaurants that Make Wonderful, Inexpensive Dates.
The downside is that opposed to two and half hour meals at the Italian restaurants we've been to (which, financially, really can only be once a year events), dinner was a lickety-split affair, and we were out of there while it was still light even! We were going to walk around and maybe get some gelato, but it was cold and raining, so we went to Borders instead and hung out in their cafe for a little bit.
We had such a wonderful evening together. It was so nice just to be able to talk, unencumbered by the distractions of home and a cute kid.
When we got home we were going to snuggle up and watch a movie, but then we got distracted with our Latest Project. Last time our Deaf Mentor came, he brought a few videos, including one of story books being read in ASL. We don't really like how that video was done and were talking about different ways of doing it. Well, since we are currently borrowing a digital video recorder (but we have to give it back today), we thought we'd try it ourselves. So we got all set up and recorded Goodnight, Moon in ASL. It took several tries, including my getting more fluid with the signing/reading. I think our end result was pretty good for one rather late night's work. It was a fun way to end our anniversary.
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congratulations! has it been FIVE years already?? wow!
looks like you had a good time!
Posted by: charity | 09.06.06 11:28
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HEY! You spent your anniversary doing exactly what Poppy and I did for his "last" night in Philly! Except that we got the gelato, AND a parking ticket! Philly rocks!
Posted by: grammy1 | 09.06.06 11:33
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Oh, wow! I didn't remember it was your anniversary, so happy anniversary a day late! Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Congrats!!
Posted by: sperlonga | 09.06.06 22:59
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Happy five years! =) The video sounds great... will you be able to share it (and any others you might experiment with) with others?
Did you go to Passage to India, or some other Indian buffet with cheesy Indian music videos? We loved Passage to India; it was always so funny and we always left with full bellies, especially the nights they had their yummy rice pudding and milk & honey balls, whatever the heck those are called. Mmmmm.
Posted by: Erica | 10.06.06 10:23
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Happy Anniversary!!! I was driving back from MN today and popped the Curious George soundtrack in and thought of you when this great song came on about changing the world with your own 2 hands. I though what a great idea it would be for ya'll to sing it ASL or put it to a video and now I'm reading that you were experimenting already. Good luck with everything and check out the cd if you have a chance!
Posted by: Dawn | 12.06.06 02:21
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Posted by: me | 13.06.06 18:11
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Happy Anniversary! Hooray for five years! It's fun to see images of Philly. I don't think I'd ever before seen that amazing gate...
Posted by: YelloCello | 20.06.06 08:35