Oliver's Surprise Birthday Dinner

Lately things have been a little stressful and Oliver didn't really want to do anything for his birthday. But I wanted to do something special for him. I never gave him a surprise party before. So with everything going on in our lives I thought it would be nice to surprise him this year.

I had about 20+ friends meet us at Rockin Baja at the Oceanside Pier for dinner. (Thank you everyone who showed up! ) It was perfect because almost everyone was there before us but Oliver spotted a few friends in the parking lot and didn't think anything of it. I got nervous at that point but it all worked out in the long run.

Oliver was VERY surprised. He thought I was only taking him on a date for his birthday. And for everyone that was there... You all know he got very VERY alcohol happy LOL. Seemed like the drinks just kept being bought for the birthday boy and this was before dinner so you can only imagine the turn out.. I was a little annoyed and didn't like the drinks being bought early because I know we didn't eat and Oliver would be like that all night.  I usually don't like when Oliver gets like that but since it was his birthday and times have been stressful, I think it was much needed.  He even said (yelled) that this was the best birthday ever! So in the end, that comment made it all worth it.

The night in a nutshell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks guys! I could enjoy these presents too! LOL ;)

 

 

So for Oliver's REAL birthday, we decided to have a nice dinner at home and bought him a cake. I asked him what he wanted to do and he wanted to use his present and watch a movie. We had planned on that but we both got tired LOL. 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Baby!

 

Another Week Project: Eating At The Dinner Table.

This probably shouldn't be a project but it is.  We ALWAYS eat in front of the TV. One of my best friends told me her and her husband always eat at the dinner table with the TV off. They even do candle light dinners every night! How romantic! I think it's a great idea and it makes you communicate more. Not saying we don't communicate because we do, but the few times we've done that, I noticed we did communicate a lot more than we usually do at dinner. I'd actually like to make this a habit but I am guilty of putting our food on the coffee table LOL. The TV is very distracting and before I know it I realize we barely said anything to each other!

Monday & Tuesday 
Tacos with ground turkey and whole wheat tortillas

I'm surprised how much catching up we did! I can say that if we didn't do that, we wouldn't have talked as much LOL.  But since you might be bored about what we talk about I'll just post our dinner every night this week at the table. Pictures are more entertaining.

Wednesday

Stir fry with marinated chicken and rice

 

Thursday

 

Spaghetti with Ground Turkey and Whole Wheat Pasta

 

 

Friday & Saturday didn't happen. We were both out Friday and Saturday we made an exception eating at the coffee table because, well.. It was Saturday and it was a dinner and a movie thing. Oh and it was left over spaghetti!

 

What did I learn?

- Oliver doesn't mind eating at the table from now on.

- I really appreciate that when I don't do the dishes, Oliver will. I noticed dishes get done a lot quicker after eating at the dinner table!

-We communicate a lot more. Which was the goal so I'm happy to say this worked out! Sometimes, we forget to tell each other things because we're distracted, and this helped with that.

I'd be happy if most nights we were at the table.