Cupid's Arrow

Last week I came home from the park during the middle of the day to find chocolates, tea, earrings, a candle, and card waiting in the kitchen. Ted had calculated the date of our 5,000 day anniversary on a financial outlook program years ago so he could do something special to surprise me. (I, of course, was oblivious to the date.) Ever the goal setter, he already has a date in 2022 planned for the 10,000 day celebration. I'm just sad that I missed the best part of the surprise by not being home--he brought the gifts over wearing his wedding tuxedo!

Since one good surprise deserves another, I put together a creative plan of my own. Greece is one of the places Ted and I would both like to visit someday, so while he was flying a kite with Caleb and his brother Miles, Sierra and I raced around the house putting together a Greek-themed treasure hunt, constructing a make-shift toga and laurel leaf headpiece, and decorating the outside of the house with Ionic columns and a sign on the front door reading "Aphrodite House." (And some people told me being a Humanities major wouldn't have any real life application!) Ted didn't get much of a chance to solve the treasure hunt about Greek mythology and history since a very excited Caleb was a clue or two ahead of us the entire way. The prize was a date to a Mediterranean restaurant. Ted and I are all worn out being creative and romantic, so I think Valentine's Day will be very simple this year.

Thanks to Miles for serving both as the decoy and the babysitter!