We Got the Love - Happy Valentine's Day

We've kind of gotten used to the UK not getting as indulgent into holidays (except Christmas) as the States so we don't get as hyped up, but Valentine's Day was very special this year. First of all we received two awesome packages from Grandma Sally and Grandma Sue full of Valentine's goodies and treats. It's really not Valentine's Day unless you get to eat some candy hearts with little love sayings on them. Since V-Day fell on a Saturday we got to spend the entire day together as a family. I made everyone heart shaped pancakes for breakfast, which are Addison and Kevin's favorite Saturday morning treats.

Then we went up to the park in Glinton and had the whole space to ourselves to swing and run around. The weather was beautiful but we loaded Addison up in the snow gear since it was still a bit muddy. Addison loves getting "under doggies" and squeals out "g-in, g-in" (again) so Kevin and I both got good workouts.







For lunch we went to one of my favorite pubs called the Cuckoo. It has some of the best atmosphere for a real "English" feel and the food is amazing as well. I told Kevin that I wanted the same picture of this cow that they have hanging up because I just thought it was so cool. I took this adorable picture of Addison and Kevin and happened to catch the cow in the back so I could remember it. The picture also has some other significance in that marks the same table where Kevin and I had our first meal at the Cuckoo on our house hunting trip.

Next we went to Ferry Meadows to walk around and feed the ducks. We always seem to forget to bring bread with us to feed the ducks and geese but this time I was going to be prepared. When we got to the park all we saw was snow and iced over ponds. The only ducks we saw were "waterlocked" in the middle so I thought for a while that I was jinxed to have cut up all this bread and we can't even get to the ducks. But then we kept on walking and found a spot that loads of geese were out of the banks of the River Nene so Kevin pushed the stroller through 2 inches of snow to get us close enough.
Addison and Kevin had a great time throwing out bread crumbs and found that some of the geese were pretty aggressive and mean to some of the other geese. Kevin was trying to get Addie to only through crumbs to the "nice" geese. I was pretty surprised that she did really well by being surrounded by 50+ big geese. The really freaked me out, but maybe because as I was trying to take close up pictures of Addie they would sneak up on me without me knowing. Harrison really seemed to like the birds as well. He hung out in the stroller and just watched these crazy things pecking at each other.

That evening Kevin and I went out for the first time by ourselves for more than 3 hours since before Harry was born. Addison was a wreck when we left because she didn't take a nap so we were frazzled by that and felt awful for Katie our babysitter. Also I happened to drop the SatNav on the way out of the house so I had guess where this place was that we were going for dinner. We went to a pub call The Rose in Frognall for a special Valentine's Dinner. I think the best thing about the evening was the bottle of wine we shared...it was great and helped loosen the worry wort mother in me. After dinner we stopped at the Blue Bell pub in Glinton for another glass of wine before we headed home so I was feeling pretty good by the time we got home. And to top off the evening we fell asleep on separate couches watching TV....ahhh...a wonderful Valentine's day...who needs flowers, jewelery and such things when you can have this.