Romantic Anniversary Dinner For...Four?

It was our sixth anniversary (although Mark insists that we also say 14th, since we've actually been together that long) last Saturday. The thought of getting a babysitter and going out to dinner was just a bit much for us, homebodies that we are, so we decided to do something even better. I went to our favorite foodie place, The Cheese Boutique, and bought us all kinds of wonderful cheeses, olives, pates and meats. We also bought some wonderful wine from my family's region of France, called Tariquet, which goes perfectly with this kind of relaxing dinner.

Our grand plan was to put the boys to bed at 7pm, then get Elly on her way at 8pm before heading out to the garden to enjoy a quiet, adult dinner together (and no doubt talk about our children). As I began the process of getting Elliot to go down, Mark set up our romantic dining area (yes, that is the kids' plastic picnic table)

Mmmmmm.......

But then he noticed we had an interloper. Of the smelly, slobbery, hairy four legged kind.

And then we had another intruder into our quiet meal. After running up and down the stairs every 3 minutes to try to calm her down, I finally conceded defeat, picked up my screaming daughter and brought her outside. Note how she is no longer crying and looking decidedly pleased with herself to be in Daddy's arms.

Ah well, it was still a lovely evening until the mosquitoes chased us inside.
Happy Anniversary Sparky!

PS - Do you like our new fence?