Those “Special Days” Can Sure Get Special

Feb 15, 2010 by winjaw

Okay, so it was Valentine’s Day and it’s going to be romantic and an awesome dinner planned and well, life gets in the way.

Because while the Little Black Dress and I are working up the food and other “things,” the Sons of Thunder are all in our wheel boxes about getting their Pinewood Derby cars ready. And ready, like right now.

Note to self: Combining Valentine’s Day and building anything other than a romantic fire does not mix. That especially goes for Pinewood Derby cars. That especially goes for Pinewood Derby cars and the Sons of Thunder.

I already noted my feelings about Valentine’s Day in an earlier post.

But I digress.  

You cannot have a romantic dinner with the Little Black Dress with blocks of wood, wheels, paint and other “stuff” all over the place.  You cannot have a romantic dinner with the LBD while one Son of Thunder is screaming with a massive ear infection. You cannot have a romantic dinner with the LBD when another SoT is not happy his planned tank designed Derby car looks more like a speed racer. And said SoT is letting you know about it.

So while the LBD is trying to put some special design “skin” on the Derby cars, I’m trying to get dinner going.  The LBD is not having a good time.

That’s because there are a few “discussions” over who is going to get which “skin.” And the youngest is in an uproar because he’s too young for the Derby and is demanding – as in right now – that I drive 45 miles to the nearest official Pinewood Derby car place to get him one because why do his two brothers get to build a car and he doesn’t and that’s not fair and you don’t love me and now I’m going to sulk, but do it really loudly and stomp and …

I believe it was somewhere around this time when the LBD looked at me and said “This is the Valentine’s Day from …” Or something to that effect.
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Sometimes in life you just have to flip the dog.

So we said screw it. We’ll all eat together (romantic dinner with the Sons whee!!!) and everyone agree on a movie and I’ll finish dinner. Side note: dinner was steamed artichokes, baked potatoes and lamb chops marinated in horseradish mustard, rosemary and garlic. Said chops cooked perfectly on the grill.  Just in case you were wondering.

And of course it will be some romantic movie, like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”or “An Affair To Remember” or “The Way We Were” or … “Jumaji.” Yes, the Sons decided on Jumaji, complete with crazy monkeys, big spiders, a board game that can kill you and … whatever.

Now the Sons have seen this movie before. In fact they can recite many of the lines. But for some reason, and tonight only, they all decide they are scared after watching it.

And yes, that means they are all sleeping in our bedroom. On Valentine’s Day. Oh yes.

You know, the Little Black Dress and I have come to realize that these “special” days rarely turn out as planned. It’s part of our just flipping the dog philosophy – because the LBT likes to do week-long celebrations of these kinds of days. You know, just in case. So we did get to have a couple of romantic dinners, and had fun “folding laundry” during the week. Yes, that’s our code word. Yes, if you have small children you can borrow it.

It’s okay if the special day itself doesn’t turn out so special. Maybe we weren’t alone together on Valentine’s Day, because we had the Sons of Thunder all around us.

And that was actually a good thing.  We definitely will remember this one.