Candelight Dinner

Last Friday was a big day for me at work.  For the past 10 months I have been re-creating a Domestic Violence Medical Manual for Health Care Providers.  It teaches doctors/nurses/intake professionals what the best practices are for working with victim's of sexual assault and domestic violence.  This has been a HUGE project.  On Friday, the completed manual arrived at my office hot off the press.  I have never been so excited (by work).  I am very happy with the way it turned out  and the press conference and release is all set up for March.  Wooo Hoooo...I did it:-)

10 months of work...

Dan has a vague idea how this project has completely taken over my work life so when I got home Friday night he popped open a bottle of champagne to celebrate.  Back in the day this kind of accomplishment always meant champagne and a candlelight dinner somewhere (sometimes home).  We haven't had a candlelit celebratory dinner in a long time.  It's not that we haven't had things to celebrate but it's a little different with kids.  Our schedules are so crazy that we hate to get a baby sitter unless we have to.  We usually opt for carpet pizza picnics instead because the kids enjoy that and our time with the kids is really precious to us. 

But Friday night was really big for me so...we decided to have an impromptu candlelit dinner WITH the kids. It was a huge hit!  The kids loved eating by candlelight...though Brynn was a bit concerned that she might accidentally touch a candle.  It was definitely not the quiet candlelit dinners of years past...it was even better.  I love seeing the world through the kids eyes and experiencing new things with them. I am one blessed Mama and it was the perfect celebration:-)

I'm pretty sure that the table cloth will never be the same but totally worth it:-)