6 years on the 6th
To celebrate a grand total of 6 years as the P. Kusilek family we began by getting a babysitter. We strongly suggest a friend family swap. We watched their kids overnight a couple of months ago, and planned very far in advance for our turn this weekend.
We found that as the marriage and family has matured, our activities have gotten slightly less exciting-sounding. We started by going to the minivan dealer to work out some issues. Then we shopped at the mall, which we never do. Then we went to Target, which we do almost every date we go on. The plan was to pick out a snack for our at-home movie and also a little gift for each other. We aren't good at surprises unless we know exactly what the other wants, so going and picking out something was a winner. Perris got an american flag hat he's been eyeing...I got a dream bag (it's ginormous) as my carry-all for every outing to replace a ratty old reusable grocery bag. It's a serious improvement people.
So, in summary, to celebrate 6 years we ran errands in our minivan contemplating how on earth it is happening that we're going to have FOUR children in such a short amount of time, spent money while watching people give me the "belly look" (they see you, then go straight to staring at your stomach) and watched a movie at home. Our snack ended up being cereal. Buy one, get one 50% at Target. I mean that was a no-brainer. And we never buy fun (bad for you) cereal.
We did hold hands a lot, and discussed all our memories from our reception, sealing, and luncheon. That was really fun. That was seriously the best day and it was because of all the people who were with us to celebrate. It was the day I have felt most overwhelmed with love.
Starting a family (by getting married) has been no easy task. But just as hiking a mountain brings sharp inclines and rough terrain, it also brings the most breathtaking views and peaceful, fulfilling moments along the way.
All this celebrating we really did on June 5th. June 6th was much less exciting, but happily realistic as we did even more practical family things. Like garage sale-ing in St Paul. Whilst out and about we saw 2 weddings and if I had thought fast enough to do more than honk as we drove by (we are classy.), I would have belted out in song out the window, "Oh they say when you marry in June, you're a bride all your life!!!" That would have been way more fun. Then I would have shouted, "It's our 6th anniversary today! Behold, your future!!!!" If only I could have shown them my belly! See, I can still think of things 20 year-old Ali would do. Just not fast enough to execute them, dang it.
We found that as the marriage and family has matured, our activities have gotten slightly less exciting-sounding. We started by going to the minivan dealer to work out some issues. Then we shopped at the mall, which we never do. Then we went to Target, which we do almost every date we go on. The plan was to pick out a snack for our at-home movie and also a little gift for each other. We aren't good at surprises unless we know exactly what the other wants, so going and picking out something was a winner. Perris got an american flag hat he's been eyeing...I got a dream bag (it's ginormous) as my carry-all for every outing to replace a ratty old reusable grocery bag. It's a serious improvement people.
So, in summary, to celebrate 6 years we ran errands in our minivan contemplating how on earth it is happening that we're going to have FOUR children in such a short amount of time, spent money while watching people give me the "belly look" (they see you, then go straight to staring at your stomach) and watched a movie at home. Our snack ended up being cereal. Buy one, get one 50% at Target. I mean that was a no-brainer. And we never buy fun (bad for you) cereal.
We did hold hands a lot, and discussed all our memories from our reception, sealing, and luncheon. That was really fun. That was seriously the best day and it was because of all the people who were with us to celebrate. It was the day I have felt most overwhelmed with love.
Starting a family (by getting married) has been no easy task. But just as hiking a mountain brings sharp inclines and rough terrain, it also brings the most breathtaking views and peaceful, fulfilling moments along the way.
All this celebrating we really did on June 5th. June 6th was much less exciting, but happily realistic as we did even more practical family things. Like garage sale-ing in St Paul. Whilst out and about we saw 2 weddings and if I had thought fast enough to do more than honk as we drove by (we are classy.), I would have belted out in song out the window, "Oh they say when you marry in June, you're a bride all your life!!!" That would have been way more fun. Then I would have shouted, "It's our 6th anniversary today! Behold, your future!!!!" If only I could have shown them my belly! See, I can still think of things 20 year-old Ali would do. Just not fast enough to execute them, dang it.
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